If you lift your arms and there are ugly wet marks or a terrible odor comes rolling out, you may feel as if you need to keep your arms pasted at your sides at all times.
This can make you feel very self conscious and you may spend all of your time focusing in on your armpits instead of on the world around you.
Lucky for you, there are some things you can do that may solve the problem for you.
Here are some suggestions as to how to stop underarm sweating.
1.
Wear Loose Clothing Tight clothing not only keeps the air from being able to circulate close to your skin where it can cool you and dry up sweat, but it keeps any sweat that is produced trapped close to your skin where it can cause odor problems.
Cotton clothing seems to work best for preventing excessive sweating.
Manmade fibers like rayon and nylon will increase the amount of sweating that you do.
2.
Prescription Antiperspirants There are some antiperspirants that have a higher concentration of the chemicals that stop the sweat from leaving the pores.
These can be expensive and you will need to visit your doctor to get them.
3.
Iontophoresis This is a relatively new but effective technique.
It uses mild electrical charges to zap your sweat glands to inhibit sweat production.
It must be done often and some people find it so painful that they would rather sweat.
4.
Surgical Procedures There are several different surgical techniques that can be used to physically remove sweat glands.
All carry the risk of scarring and are very expensive.
These should only be tried if everything else has failed.