I sweat too much SOLVED

glithert

The title really says it all. Even on a cold day my pits will be soaked before noon. It's ridiculous. I've tried many different antiperspirants, and most of them kill the smell, but none of them really cut down on the actual perspiring.

So, is there anything I can do about that?

Cryogen

I've found my armpits actually sweat worse when its cold, for some reason. Anyway, you could try shaving your armpits. I do this occasionally and it seems to help.

Robos A Go Go

Old Spice Original Stick works best for me, but you sound like you might need a prescription deodorant or something.

Raiden333

I have Hyperhidrosis, you may as well. Might want to check with a dermatologist and see if that might be it.

RUNN1NGMAN

That Certain Dri stuff works really well. You put it on at night and it seals all your pores. Probably will work better if you shave or at least trim your pits first.

If it is really bad and even Certain Dri doesn't work, you can actually get laser surgery or something to stop you from sweating in certain areas. Pretty pricey though, and insurance isn't going to cover it.

Improvolone

I would think shaving and then sealing your pores would give you horrible ingrown hairs.
Botox works.

kaliyama

i was borderline overweight, and i found cardo/weight differences had a huge impact on my sweating.

saltiness

I have hyperhidrosis as well. I tried a lot of things - many different antiperspirants, these weird things that sort of electro-shocked my sweat glands into clogging themselves, anti-depressants.. In the end I found that exercise has nearly solved the problem for me. I get at least 6 hours of intense exercise a week (usually riding my bike as fast as I can, running or doing push-ups/pull-ups) and that keeps my sweating pretty well under control. It wasn't that I was overweight or anything, my body just needed to be utilized more intensely and more often.

Dalboz

How's the rest of your health? Weight? Pre-existing conditions? These things could contribute to the sweating problem.

The Black Hunter

Breatheable clothing, apply deoderant over more of the armpit, spray a full 2 seconds each one, etc etc


I found sometimes I miss the real sweatspots with my deoderant occaisionally and I sweat lopsidedly

RUNN1NGMAN

Improvolone wrote: »

I would think shaving and then sealing your pores would give you horrible ingrown hairs.
Botox works.

Sweat and hair doesn't come out of the same hole.

The Cat

Improvolone wrote: »

I would think shaving and then sealing your pores would give you horrible ingrown hairs.
Botox works.

Well, pretty much every female you pass in the street does exactly that every day. Its not an issue. I'd be leaning more to 'check for hyperhidrosis' myself. Looks like its easily treated at least.

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Hlubocky

I second the Certain-Dri suggestion. I have been using it for a few years and it works great.

Jimmy King

Another vote for certain-dri. It is man's greatest achievement.

Ohio

Please listen to the people who suggest Certain Dri. And you don't need to shave anything to use it, either. It works, it really works. It works literally overnight. If your problem is as bad as you say, then the day after you use it will be one of the happiest of your life.

Elrosst

I know it may sound wierd, but Botox. My best friend/neighbor/former roommate has a huge sweating problem, and his mother also runs a spray tan/botox/whatever place, and he gets botox shots in his armpits, feet, hands. It's really small amounts of the stuff, and I'm not exactly sure of the science behind it, but somehow it prevents unnecessary sweating by crazy botox magic....

Raiden333

Botox scares the hell out of me, so I do the treatment where I put my hands in trays of water and have electric current run through me. Go figure.

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Jimmy King

glithert wrote: »

Well, Shaving my pits cut down the sweating by a ton. I'll buy Certain Dri the next time I run out of deodorant.
Thanks guys

You normally use it along with a deodorant. Certain-Dri is an antiperspirant but it does nothing to make you not stink, other than less sweat hopefully makes you stink less.