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Why do I sweat excessively?

Excessive sweating, or hyperhidrosis of the hands, armpits or face, can have a significant impact on quality of life, to the point of generating emotional stress or even seriously altering our social life. The problem can be definitively resolved on an outpatient basis in approximately thirty minutes, with minimal discomfort.

Hyperhidrosis is defined as an excessive production of sweat at one or more levels of the body, especially in the hands and armpits. It is caused by a failure of the sympathetic nervous system, causing the body to produce more sweat than it needs in those areas of the body. Many people with this disease see their quality of life affected and feel a loss of control over it, since perspiration occurs regardless of temperature and emotional state.

This alteration usually begins in childhood or puberty and normally, if it is not treated correctly, it lasts a lifetime. People who suffer from it have difficulty for things as simple as taking their partner by the hand, writing without wetting the paper or simply shaking hands, and may even have problems to find a job. They can also have a bad smell.

The problem can be definitively resolved on an outpatient basis in approximately thirty minutes, with minimal discomfort.

The surgical operation

Sympathectomy and Reversible Surgery

Sympathectomy is an operation that is performed under general anesthesia, therefore it does not hurt. In it, the sympathetic nervous system, located inside the thorax and which has the shape of a whitish cable that runs parallel to the spine, is interrupted. An axillary incision of less than one centimeter is used; through which the area of the nerve related to sweat is sectioned with the help of a tiny video camera.

The procedure lasts less than 30 minutes and is bilateral. Discharge is performed the same day of the surgical intervention and after 48 hours you can lead a normal life. You stop sweating immediately after the end of the intervention and permanently, you do not sweat again in the affected areas.

After surgery, compensatory sweating can occur in the back, abdomen or legs. This sweating usually produces minimal discomfort that is largely compensated by stopping sweating from the hands and armpits, which is what patients want.

At present the nerve can be interrupted by means of clips, making the intervention even reversible.

99% effective

Sweat Surgery Results

99% of patients undergoing sweat surgery have stated that they are fully satisfied with the results.

Approximately 40% of those affected have another family member with the same disorder, so it is frequent to operate on people from the same family, since, seeing the satisfactory results, they encourage each other.

Dr. Saldaña, popularly known as the ‘simpatic doctor’ is one of the best specialists in this intervention and has the largest case mix in the world in this type of treatment.

If his hands, armpits or face sweat excessively, or he has facial flushing, do not hesitate to contact us. He can help make that problem a thing of the past and he can enjoy a fulfilling life.