Preventing excessive sweating

Botulinum toxin, also known as Botox, is a drug best known for its ability to smooth wrinkles.
But it is also extremely effective in reducing sweating under the armpits, on the palms of the hands, on the feet… Botox works by temporarily blocking the chemical signals that instruct the glands to produce sweat.
It does not affect touch or sensation in the underarm area.

The unpleasant smell of sweaty armpits is caused by bacteria that thrive in warm, moist places. So if you eliminate sweating, the smell will go away too. However, injecting Botox under the armpits doesn’t mean you have to give up using deodorant or antiperspirant completely. The aim of Botox injections is to reduce excessive sweating to a normal or slightly less than normal amount.

Sweating is necessary to cool the body.
So if you get Botox injections to stop sweating under your armpits, does it prevent your body from cooling down?
No, because each area of the body that sweats has only a fraction of your total sweat glands. Your armpits contain 2% of them.
Reducing sweating in small areas will not affect the body’s ability to cool. Another concern people have is that less sweating on one part of the body will lead to more sweating on other parts.
But this is not the case.

To effectively reduce sweating with Botox, you only need one office visit.