The obsession with the 'armpit' by microwave

A device that can be applied to the armpit in just 30 minutes can trigger the fear of excessive sweating in many people.

Its principle is to use microwave energy to destroy the sweat glands. Once cleared, these sweat glands will not grow back and treatments can be considered 'permanent'.

The authors claim that only two treatments - three months apart - are enough to stop the armpit sweating.

According to DailyMail, this device called MiraDry is connected to a machine that can emit microwave energy. Patients will be local anesthesia, then clamp MiraDry to the area under the arm. The generated microwave energy will be powerful enough to destroy the sweat glands that lie beneath the skin to 5mm. At the same time, an integrated cooling system will soften, soothe the skin, prevent burns. Each side of the armpit will take about half an hour, then the patient will be given analgesics and ice cream for a few days.

MiraDry will achieve the effect of surgery safely, without pain.

Also known as hyperdrosis, this condition can be seen in many people, both men and women. In the UK alone, the number of people infected has risen to over 1 million. Causes of the disease are thought to be due to the sympathetic nervous system, which causes high blood pressure and heart palpitations during stress or fear. Because this system also controls sweating, it will 'dictate' much of the sweat to cool the skin when it senses increased body temperature.

In people with hyperdrosis, it seems that the nervous system has some kind of malfunction that causes the signals to be sent continuously to the sweat glands in the armpit, palms and legs, even if the body does not need it. cooling bridge.

Sometimes the disease can be so severe that people have to change their clothes two to three times a day, gradually becoming socially awkward and self-deprecating.

In recent years, it has been suggested that Botox therapy (a popular anti-wrinkle compound) is used to block the signal from the brain to the sweat glands. Patients will be given Botox injections every 2-8 months.

The final option is surgical removal of the sweat gland under the arm.

MiraDry has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to sell to the market.