Excessive sweating from hyperhidrosis usually leads to body odor, or facial odor rather, which in turn also adds to the social ills that sweating problems sometimes cause. Facial hyperhidrosis may even lead to excessive sweating in the scalp area, even if there weren’t any particular stress or physical exertion on the body. This of course, often times leads to nervousness, paranoa and mental irritation. Facial hyperhidrosis occurs in men and women and is more often passed down genetically through either the mother or father.

Facial hyperhidrosis, like other forms of hyperhidrosis, is a sweating disorder that is related to the malfunctioning of the sympathetic nervous system. There generally is no definite cause or specific reason for the excessive sweating in patients, as scientifically or medically, the specific cause is not yet known. However, the majority of factors point towards the sympathetic nervous system and is generally, the cause is most likely rooted in somewhere there, in that mass of nerves.

First we’ll go through the nonsurgical treatments for facial hyperhidrosis. These excessive sweating treatments are often times easy to use and they treat hyperhidrosis sometimes just as effectively as other methods in, of course, less severe cases. These alternative treatments for facial sweating include:

Antiperspirants with strong base are also used by a lot of people. These include over the counter products like MegaDry, Whit Wetless lotion, Drysol, Clear Gel, Clearasil etc. Using gel based AICI has also helped in curing facial hyperhidrosis. Prescription drugs like Xanax, Propanolol SR and Probanthine are also medicated by some. But it is strictly advised to use these drugs only with a prescription from a physician. Some dermatologists recommend use of Botox injections, however they’re very costly and have their own set of side effects. Botox as a cure is only temporary and lasts up to 8 months.

Hyperhidrosis and The Nervous System

Too muchy perspiration on the face is a sweating condition which somehow is related to an over active sympathetic nervous system which controls sweating in the body. This system consists of the nerves and neural fibers that we have no control over. These sweat controlling nerves and fibers go to work when there are certain emotional and psychological situations or conditions, such as stress, fight or flight. These uncontrollable neural fibers are ofthen become active at the time we come in contact with other people at public meetings and gathering. Public speaking engagements, test taking situations and other high stress conditions may somehow trigger excessive sweating through these nerves.

One surgical remedy for this sweating condition is an hyperhidrosis operation known as ETS or Endoscopic Transthoracic Sympathicotomy, which is a rather extreme procedure to reduce excessive sweating. This extreme procedure is done using anesthesia and can restrict the hyper activity of this autonomic nervous system. Most of the hyperhidrosis sufferers who have gone through ETS say that it mostly has been a safe process but complications and problems have occurred. Often times the patient will notice more excessive sweating in other parts of the body, a sort of ‘karma’ effect. The main target of this hyperhidrosis surgical procedure is palm sweating but it has also cut down the facial sweating somewhat effectively.

In ETS, the reduction of perspiration can be cut by quite a bit through the cutting of the nerves that lead to the sweat glands, that of course produce the excessive sweating. Cutting these nerves from this stimulus, thereby leaving the sweating glands without their impulses, hyperhydrosis can sometimes be cured. However, ETS is more effective in regards to axillary or armpit hyperhidrosis. Surgery to stop sweating sounds is as bad as it sounds. It is the ‘nuclear’ option for excessive sweating and when it comes to facial hyperhidrosis the idea of surgery is always dangerous.

If you have facial hyperhidrosis, the first thing one should do is to discuss it with a physician and/or a dermatologist. They will be able to tell you all about the latest techniques, technologies and treatments in coping and curing the excessive facial sweating.

Before getting any treatments or surgeries performed however, the patient should always study all the knowledge on his or her own, from recent articles to online forums and blogs relating to that hyperhidrosis treatment or surgery. Only from one’s own research and with advice from others, including doctors and specialists, can one find out about all the possible side effects associated with whatever excessive sweating treatment or procedure may be right for the sweating condition. Excessive sweating from hyperhidrosis sometimes can cause much embarrassment for many but there’s no need to rush headlong into anything without knowing more about it, no matter how it’s advertised.

There should always be hope when it comes to treating facial hyperhidrosis. It is important that the excessive sweating sufferer try to be patient. Generally, it is also important to be willing to try many different methods, both natural and clinicial. Everyone’s sweating is different, so what may work for others might not work in this particular situation. Hyperhidrosis isn’t an end to anything.

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