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ReplyVoltage issue can be settled very easily. Just buy a simple voltage converter that transforms your household's electrical current into the type that is required by your iontophoresis machine. 🙂
These converters are pretty cheap and can be bought all over the world, so I think you're set and I wish you best of luck in getting rid of sweaty hands through iontophoresis. 😉
And another thing: Hidrex and Idromed come with 3-pin(UK) or 2-pin(US) plugs. Hidrex machines also work on two types of voltage (110V and 240V) even without converter. Idromed machines need a converter if they are to be used in US, Canada, Japan… If you're in Europe, I think both of these will work fine for you. Fischer, on the other hand, is probably set for American market…
About iontophoresis devices recommendations, you can also check reviews and info here: hyperhidrosisnetwork.com/category/hyperhidrosis-products/iontophoresis-devices/
Or look here: Top iontophoresis devices
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This is very useful. Thank you. 😉
I don't typically feel like using face wipes – and I don't really need them, but recently I started running in the mornings. (Well to be fair, it's really slow jogging…) So, my facial sweating got worse, and since I don't like wearing a headband, I will buy Maxim wipes and hopefully they will reduce my head sweating. 🙂 -
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Many places to choose from. Usually you can find standard prices at official websites, and cheaper ones on websites like e-bay if you get lucky. When it comes to official sites, I think this is Hidrex manufacturer website, and this here is Idromed website. Yeah, I hope you can read German lol. Just kidding – you can switch the language to English on both sites. 😉
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Oral medication is the right approach for me because I have plantar and palmar and axillary excessive sweating… Pretty general and difficult to treat with antiperspirants and so on.
My main qualm with medication is that it can cause various side effects… What if there's a reason why some things are only available through prescription? I don't think it is wise to take medication without consulting a physician first. -
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Hi Mary-Jane, I'm sorry to hear things are bad for you at the moment. 🙁 Just hang in there and I'm sure you will get better eventually. Try to focus on yourself and not on the break-up, although I understand how two months is not a long time and this will probably still hurt for a while… But I'm sure that you will not be alone for long. 😉 *hug*
The most important thing now is to find the strength to pull out of feeling depressed. Dealing with your excessive underarm sweating is a good start. Take up treatments again, it's a small step but something that will make you feel better about yourself. Call up some friends to meet and chat if you haven't already, and force yourself to look for the job regularly – this will also motivate you to keep your excessive armpit sweating under control.
I'm sure you will some great tips here on how to stop armpit sweating, and who knows, maybe those armpit sweat pads will be a thing of past on your next job. 😉
Best of luck, be courageous and optimistic! *hug* -
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I googled Hidrex and apparently if used with pulsed current, it's cool for sensitive skin as well, and it can be used to treat underarm sweating along with palmar and plantar sweating. Sounds awesome… I've always thought that a iontophoresis machine is only good for sweaty palms and feet. Silly me.
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Nice to see that iontophoresis is turning out to be a hyperhidrosis cure for many. 🙂
And my story is this…
Thanks to the annoying fact that I have sweaty armpits along with sweaty hands and feet, I've always felt iontophoresis will be a huge waste of time for me. Now, the older I get, the more tiring it is to treat excessive perspiration with nothing but strong antiperspirants. I mean, a good sweat block is awesome, but applying it every night and day is by now so tiring I might as well go ahead with the iontophoresis treatment.So, now I'm ready to embrace this method. I'll let you know how it goes. 🙂
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I use Driclor Roll On for Women on my armpits and sometimes on my hands. I have no idea how it's different from Driclor for Men lol. 😆
Does baking soda really help you stop underarm sweating? I read about it but somehow it seems too easy or too good to be true. Then again, baking soda seems to be good for a lot of things… It's like some kind of miracle powder lol. -
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I have this, too. Sweaty armpits AND sweaty feet AND (somewhat) sweaty hands. And I feel you – it's not easy keeping excess sweating in multiple body areas under control. Unfortunately I don't think this is all that unusual – it seems to me that many people with hyperhidrosis actually have focal hyperhidrosis in more than one specific area. It all depends on where your overactive sweat glands are located.
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Hey Ramona!
Welcome to the club! I in particular feel a little better seeing that I am not the only one whose heavy sweating is heavily influenced by emotions. Although I am not anxious, I understand what it's like to have your overactive sweat glands freak out as soon as something gets your heart beat faster. That's SO not fun. 🙁
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I read your story and wonder if your causes of excessive sweating are partly psychological. Please don’t take offense, but maybe it only seems to you that your excitement is normal. Maybe you actually tend to get overexcited when talking to other people.
How do you normally feel around people? Does excessive underarm sweating happen to you even in face-to-face conversations?
No offense taken, but I don't know about this. I think my excitement is normal because I see other people being just as hyped and excited without getting stupid armpit sweat staining their clothes. I would say I am just like everyone else, except that I have to deal with excessive perspiration when I get excited.
And this happens in face-to-face conversations sometimes, but not always. Again – depends on how worked up I get. So I really don't believe my heavy sweating has to do with anxiety.
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Your first advice is good, but not always possible, because I start sweating profusely in the stupidest of situations. For example, often when I talk on the cell phone and walk. The more and louder I talk, the more excited I get and my underarm sweating gets so bad that I must take a shower and change the shirt afterwards. I even happens when I chat online, if I'm really having fun. Isn't that absurd?
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I have a special policy for spring and summer, since I sweat a lot in warm weather and it only gets worse right after I eat.
I stopped eating sandwiches or big restaurant meals during my lunch breaks. The restaurant near my company's building also sells smoothies, shakes, fresh orange juice, and so on. I buy 1-2 of these and that gets me through the day. These smoothies are cool and refreshing so they also help my body cool down.
Then after I get home, I eat more and sweat more… but at least there's a shower waiting for me. 😆 -
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What is the name of your iontophoresis machine? Usually iontophoresis for hyperhidrosis should be without any shocks, but I don't understand what you mean by “automatic” iontophoresis… From the way you describe it, it doesn't sound like any of the devices I heard of. Unfortunately, it's possible that the device you bought is simply not good, and that's why you are getting electro shocks. :/
Maybe there is a way to order a better machine online? I don't know what your location is, but perhaps you could get a better iontophoresis machine through a reseller – people frequently sell their used machines.
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