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Botox for Excessive Sweating
Kevin Smith

From: Harold Burkhart, MD

Category: General Medicine

Added: Nov 03, 2008

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Excessive sweating from the underarms, or from the hands can be a difficult and embarrasing problem. There are medications that can be helpful in some patients, as well as Botox in some patients. There is also an effective surgery for excessive sweating. Dr. Harold Burkhart, a surgeon from the Mayo Clinic, discusses the surgery for excessive sweating.

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alanstD56 (Nov 03, 2008)

I suffer from this embarrassing situation and my hands sweat profusely. I have passed this on to my son and it is terrible. Yes, it is gross. I hate to shake hands with anyone. I had never heard of such surgery before.

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