Laser Operation To Stop Underarm Sweat
Updated : Mar 10, 2009
Surgeons are offering a new 60 minute operation to stop excessive armpit perspiration for good, at the low, low cost of €4,000.
The Laser Sweat Ablation service, launched on Monday in Guildford, Surrey, promises to end the embarrassing problem of underarm sweating using a laser which permanently destroys the sweat glands before the treated tissue is removed using a suction method. And amazingly it is all done under local anaesthetic.
It is being introduced by surgeon Mark Whiteley, who pioneered keyhole surgery to remove varicose veins ten years ago.
Dr Whiteley said: “The armpits account for one per cent the body's surface area, but excessive sweating here causes social embarrassment and can damage clothes. Stopping sweating from this small area redistributes this sweat to the other 99 per cent of the body – which is basically negligible when spread so far. Therefore the total amount of sweating from the body does not change, but the embarrassing build-up of sweat under the arms is cured."
VeryHappyPig is a big sweater, might pay Dr Whiteley a visit!
