I tried certain dri, which is 12% aluminum chloride, supposedly the strongest stuff you can get w/o a prescription and it still doesn’t really work. So i may need to see a doctor.
can anyone tell me what the doctor may recommend? Are there prescription anti-perspirants? How much do they cost? I dont think i want botox, because that is expensive. But what else might he recommend when i make the appointment (so i know ahead of time what to ask and expect)?
Lifestyle changes seem to help, i find that if i eat a low fat, low calorie diet my sweating is alot less. So i do that, but its still not enough. Besides if i eat enough calories to live on (ie, im not dieting) the sweating comes back.
Oh yeah, (TMI) for anyone who has read this far into the thread.
Not sure what he’s going to suggest. But I’m wondering a few things.
What is your caffeine intake like?
Elevated levels of caffeine will have an effect on perspiration.
Do you have long hair? Do you use hair-gel?
A lot of heat wants to escape from your head. If you have a lot of thick hair and especially if you use a lot of hair-gel, the heat gets trapped. This will make you prone to more sweating. If you can pull it off, try shaving your head.
What kind of shoes do you wear?
Are you wearing some formal-type dress shoes? The feet are another point of heat release. Shoes that don’t let your feet breath, will keep some of that heat trapped there. Your feet will sweat a lot and so will the rest of you.
Are you taking any supplements?
Different herbs and stuff found in supplements (like ephedrine obviously) will make you sweat more.
With that said. What kind of clothes do you have to wear everyday? Can you wear a tight t-shirt under a looser dress shirt? This should contain all the sweat. Sweating isn’t really a big deal, as long as you dont stink. And they really dont go hand-in-hand. Sweating doesn’t mean you’re going to be stinky. Get a good deodorant or deodorant/anti-perspirant, since an anti-perspirant alone isn’t working well anyway. The only real problem I can think of with lots of sweating is when it bleeds through your clothes and you get those wet circles. A t-shirt should keep all that in. You might want to keep an extra or two in a backpack or something to change after lunch or as needed. Extra t-shirts are a great idea.
A few years ago we had uniforms at my job that were really tight fitting on the arms and all of us had a problem with underarm sweat. One of the Drs gave me a Rx for a product called DRYSOL and it worked wonders. You put it on just like deodorant. I couldn’t tell you the cost as I just paid my normal insurance copay.
Due to the above problem, we all got new uniforms with more arm room. Problem solved!
He may recommend Drysol or its generic equivalent.
Drysol is 20% aluminum chloride. I don’t know how long you used Certain Dri, or how much it irritated you, but be warned: Drysol will sting and/or itch for a while after application, but it works!
I would perspire under my arms if I stood shirtless outdoors in the winter. I would ruin shirts in a matter of weeks. I once left rings under the arms of a black suit jacket.
I’ve been using Drysol for over two years now; my current job has me working outdoors in 90 degree heat: I wear a white dress shirt and my armpits are dry as a bone. (Note: I also shave. Another big help.)
As for cost, my insurance covers it, but I don’t think the retail price is more than $20 (US) for a 35cc bottle. (It’s a daub-on. And those 35cc’s last me for 3-4 months, as I only use it two or three times a week.)
I had an excessive sweating problem about a year or two ago and I used Drionics to fix the problem. This was completed outside the care of a physician, but really worked well for me. The problem came back occasionally after the initial treatment, but additional, shortened Drioncs teatments took care of the problem. The problem has been gone for a while now and it has been a warm summer, so I don’t think it’s coming back.
After doing some quick research on the net, it appears that a doctor may, in addition to the options set forth by others above, recommend surgery or botox treatments to fix the sweating problem. Good luck.
I used to have this problem too. My doctor prescribed an anti-spasmodic drug that completely dried me up. I’d advise anything before taking one of these.
It’s not perscription, but I recently switched to Arrid Extra Dry Cream, and it works better than any roll-on or stick that I’ve used. You take just a bit on your fingers and rub it on your underarms. You may want to give it a try.
I don’t think so, though you might consider using the Certain Dri two or three times a day, spaced out, rather than all at once. (How often do you use it now?)
As I recall, I applied the Drysol once a day, before bed, every day for about two weeks. Since then I use it once or twice a week. If I know I’ll be having a particularly stressfull (or warm) day, I’ll use it two days in a row. That said, if you double the amount of applications, for twice the regular length of time, perhaps you’ll find results.
But see your doctor first. The extra 8% may just do the trick.
For a long time, I thought I was allergic to deodorant (it turned out to be fragrances), so I went to a dermatologist to see about options. I read something there that said that botox injections are sometimes used for profound sweaters.
Here’s a doctor that uses it. It’s the first google result I got.