Hyperhidrosis Forum

Yes, we both had ETS for palmar HH. His was not as bad as mine.

I had T2 cut in 1997. At that time it was rather experimental, controversial and unusual - most doctors insisted that all T2-T4 (+T5) had to be removed. Much later two surgeons from Taiwan and Finland suggested cutting T4 only. One of my friends had T4 cut in 1999 and suffers from almost no side eff...

See also:

http://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/reprint/87/2/427.pdf

Don't do T2 and in no case T2&T3.

See:

T2 vs T2&T3 & T3&T4 vs T4:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18549895

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17210397 (aux. HH, see only the CS section)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17243877 (aux. HH, see only the CS section)

It heavily depends on your condition. You certainly shouldn't have the ETS if your whole body sweats too much. It also seems that ETS has worse outcomes for those who suffer from facial or armpit HH. Even if your HH is localized to your hands or feet, you should be aware that ETS is not a perfect so...

You shouldn't give up. Our body has a limited ability to regenerate itself. I had ETS (T2) in 1997 for horrible palmo-plantar hyperhidrosis. I was lucky and my only serious side effect was CS which developed more than a year after the surgery. The CS started improving about 10 years after ETS and it...

September 1997, Merano/Italy, dr. Tarfusser, 5.000.000 ITL (=approx. 2500 EUR)
bilateral sympathectomy T2 for severe palmar HH
very satisfied with the results, CS for some years, now almost gone
feet initially improved, now back to horrible. having ELS in a month time

Hydrosal and AHC 30 are the only Al-Cl solutions that substantially reduce my plantar HH. I've tried almost all other antiperspirants and they are much less effective. After 15 years of trial-and-error I somehow found out the following regime: - I use them alternatively every other day. - I apply th...

Unfortunately both my father and my mother suffer from palmo-plantar HH. My mother's HH is moderate and my father has a really bad case of plantar HH. Therefore, I and my sister had very poor chances for escaping sweaty palms and feet. Interestingly enough, none of my grandparents and none of my aun...