Excessive sweating consultations
Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition that causes sweating beyond what the body needs to keep cool, most often in the underarms, hands or feet. A doctor can assess your symptoms and talk you through the options.
All procedures carry risks and results vary. Read about recovery and risks below.
About excessive sweating
Primary hyperhidrosis usually starts in childhood or the teenage years, often runs in families, and affects specific areas.
Sweating that affects the whole body, starts suddenly, or happens at night can be a sign of another medical condition, so it’s important to see your GP to check for an underlying cause.
Your consultation
- iA review of your symptoms, general health and medicines
- iiA check for signs of an underlying cause, with a GP referral if needed
- iiiA discussion of options, starting with the simplest, including not having treatment
- ivClear information on recovery, risks and costs
- vTime to think it over before you decide
Depending on your assessment, treatment may or may not be recommended.
Options we may discuss
Your doctor will explain which options may suit you, including not having treatment.
Antiperspirants and practical measures
Clinical-strength antiperspirants and simple day-to-day changes.
Treatments that require a prescription
Only after a doctor’s assessment, and only if suitable.
Referral
To your GP or a dermatologist where needed.
Recovery and risks
Every option carries risks, and your doctor will explain them in detail before you decide.
Recovery
Most options involve little or no recovery time. Your doctor will explain what to expect.
Recovery varies from person to person.
Possible risks
Depend on the option and can include skin irritation, discomfort, bruising, and temporary weakness or other effects in the treated area. Your doctor will explain the specific risks for you.
Who you’ll see
Consultations for excessive sweating are always with a doctor.
Doctor-led since 2002
More than 20 years of cosmetic medicine on Victoria Road, Drummoyne.
Three clinics
Drummoyne, Newcastle and Bowral.
Medical-grade technology
Including Fraxel Repair and Morpheus8, used by doctors and an experienced registered nurse.
Time with your doctor
Unhurried consultations and a written plan to take home.
Book a consultation
Every treatment at Concept Cosmetic Medicine starts with an unhurried, one-on-one consultation with an experienced practitioner. You’ll talk through your concerns and goals, and leave with a clear plan built around your skin, with recovery, risks and costs explained, so you can decide with confidence.
Important information. All procedures carry risks. Results vary from person to person and are not guaranteed. Before any treatment you’ll have a consultation with a registered practitioner, who will explain the expected benefits, recovery time, possible side effects and complications, costs, and alternatives, including not having treatment. Take time to consider your decision. You may wish to seek a second opinion.