Home > General Medicine > Surgery For Excessive Sweating Get the Flash Player to see this player. Rate: (Click the stars to rate) Published on Nov 03, 2008 by HBurkhart, Views: 4879 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. 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. alanstD56 13.6 years ago