Around 3% of the world’s population are experiencing excessive facial sweat. Therefore, if you are experiencing this, you are not alone. In order to be rid of their excessive facial sweat, these people have been looking into the different treatment methods. It is great news that extreme facial sweat can be treated in different methods. Here is a comparison of some of the different methods.

For short-term treatment, many people with profuse facial sweat use antiperspirants. It may be the first time you read about these facial antiperspirants. An aluminum-based compound is one of the ingredients of antiperspirants, including facial ones. The aluminum ions from antiperspirants get into the cells surrounding the sweat glands. As aluminum ions and water accumulate, the cells begin swelling. As more swelling occurs, the cells will start blocking the ducts of the sweat glands. This is how facial antiperspirants work in controlling profuse sweating.

Considered as one of the cheapest treatment methods, facial antiperspirants only provide short-term treatment. In just a couple of hours, water will start going out of the swollen cells and the swelling will then subside. Thus, re-application of the facial antiperspirant is needed to ensure longer protection. If over-the-counter antiperspirants are ineffective, the doctor will prescribe an antiperspirant that contains a higher amount of aluminum chloride. For people who are using facial antiperspirants for the first time, dabbing it on a small area of the face is recommended. After dabbing the antiperspirant, leave it for a minute or two then see if any skin reaction happens.

For longer protection than facial antiperspirants, people with extreme sweating use botox injections. The popularity of using botox injections for beautiful youthful-looking skin and excessive facial sweating is now increasing steadily. Botox injections are effective in paralyzing the nerve endings responsible for stimulating the sweat glands. To effectively paralyze the nerve endings that stimulate the sweat glands, two or more botox injections are needed by people with excessive sweating.

Botox injections are more expensive than facial antiperspirants and they also give longer protection than facial antiperspirants do. With botox injections, you will not suffer from profuse sweating in about 4 months. And after 4 months, more injections will be needed for longer protection against excessive facial sweating. The usual side effects of botox injections include flu-like symptoms, nausea, temporary eyelid droop, facial pain, and others.

Surgery is the last resort with regards to treatment of excessive facial sweating. Doctors only recommend this method when all other methods have been tried and were not effective. Because of the invasiveness and cost of surgery, this is never recommended by doctors as the first method of treatment.

And like any other surgical procedure, complications are also expected. Some people who underwent surgery for excessive facial sweating complained of compensatory sweating in different parts of their bodies.

But sometimes, the best treatment of excessive facial sweat is making lifestyle changes. Some people realize that they sweat profusely whenever they eat too much processed food. Therefore, avoiding processed foods has been effective in controlling extreme facial sweating.