Botox can stop excessive sweating

Those attending the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology in Washington, D.C., learned of the latest use of the substance, a weakened form of the deadly botulism toxin, which often causes fatal food poisoning.

The Associated Press reports that scientists from the St. Louis University School of Medicine found a way to inject Botox into the armpits of people who suffer from hyperhidrosis, a condition that causes the body to produce four-to-five times more sweat than what is normal. Previous treatments had included everything from powerful antiperspirants to surgery.

How Botox does its work
Apparently, the Botox paralyses a nerve that stimulates the sweat glands, the AP reports. The research seems to support this. Researchers gave 322 patients underarm injections of either Botox or salt water.

A month later, 75 percent of the Botox users reported a significant decrease in sweating, compared with a quarter of the placebo patients, the scientists say. – (HealthDayNews)

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