Treatment of Hyperhidrosis: An Update

Henning, Mattias A S; Bouazzi, Dorra; Jemec, Gregor B. E.

doi:10.1007/s40257-022-00707-x

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“…A common and effective, but expensive treatment for PH consists of repeated injections with botulinum toxin. 23 A challenge, often described by clinicians, is to assess the need for re-treatments, in patients seeking healthcare while scoring low on HDSS without visual sweating. There is no consensus on how to manage hyperhidrosis patients without objective signs; however, our clinical experience is that most clinicians repeat treatment.…”

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Impostor phenomenon is a common feature among individuals with primary hyperhidrosis

Shayesteh,

Boman,

Nylander

2024

SAGE Open Medicine

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Primary hyperhidrosis consists of excessive focal sweating. Affected individuals camouflage the sweating on their body, avoiding stigmatisation. Hence, misrepresentation in social interactions is a common feature in patients with hyperhidrosis. The aim of this study was to investigate impostor phenomenon, perfectionism, self-compassion, stress and anxiety among individuals with primary hyperhidrosis. A cross-sectional study was conducted at our clinic among 100 participants with axillary and palmar primary hyperhidrosis. The questionnaire contained a hyperhidrosis part and Perceived Stress Scale-4, Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale-2, Clinical Perfectionism Questionnaire-6, Self-Compassion Scale Short form and Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale. Descriptive statistics was used for analyses of categorical variables. As data were normally distributed independent t-test and one-way analysis of variance with post hoc Tukey test were used to compare the mean values for the questionnaires with other variables. Pearson’s correlation was used, and a forward multiple linear regression model was performed to predict presence of impostor phenomenon with gender, age and other scales in this study. Impostor phenomenon occurred in almost half of our patients (48%) with hyperhidrosis. While feelings of impostor phenomenon were more common in women, there was no difference between gender regarding its intensity levels ( p = 0.07). In addition, we found a significant ( p < 0.001) negative correlation between impostor phenomenon and self-compassion, while feelings of impostoer phenomenon increased with stress, anxiety and perfectionism ( p < 0.001). Feelings of impostor phenomenon was found in 48% of individuals with hyperhidrosis which indicates that it is a common feature in this patient group. Future research is warranted regarding the prevalence of impostor phenomenon in hyperhidrosis and other medical conditions, among men and women, seeking medical healthcare. Psychological interventions in hyperhidrosis may be beneficial both for the individual and in public health, by facilitating management of patients’ daily lives and saving considerable resources in healthcare regarding pharmacological interventions and medical consultations.

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Impostor phenomenon is a common feature among individuals with primary hyperhidrosis

Shayesteh,

Boman,

Nylander

2024

SAGE Open Medicine

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“…Treatment options differ in the branches of plastic surgery, dermatology, and thoracic surgery. While there may be local and temporary treatments, such as Botox, treatment plans can be drawn with recently popular cosmetic procedures (8). In addition, the permanent and definitive treatment is surgical sympathectomy (9).…”

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YouTube is an important resource for hyperhidrosis patients

TÜRK,

ÖZDEMİR ÇİFLİK,

ÇİFLİK

et al. 2023

Arch Curr Med Res

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Background: YouTube is one of the most used information sources. Hyperhidrosis is a disease that needs treatment mostly due to social complaints. Methods: Search titles ‘Hand sweating, Excessive sweating, Armpit sweating, and Hyperhidrosis’ were searched for separately on YouTube. A total of 400 videos, consisting of 100 under each title, were evaluated. Data such as who uploaded the video, which treatment plan it contained, the upload date, country of upload, duration, number of times watched, and rating were recorded. The Video Power index (VPI) was used to evaluate the popularity of the videos in the study. Results: The number of views, number of likes, and VPI of the video group with a duration of 232 s or more were found to be significantly higher than the video group with a shorter duration (P =0.001, P =0.000, and P = 0.000). In commercial videos, the rate of videos featuring non-surgical treatment was found to be the highest at92.1%. It was found that the videos containing surgical treatment were older than the videos containing non-surgical treatment (P =0.028). Conclusion: The internet is an important source of information in diseases such as hyperhidrosis that cause social dysfunction in young patients and the treatment decision is determined entirely by the level of complaint the patient feels. On the YouTube platform, which is one of these sources of information, it was seen that video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, which is the definitive and permanent treatment of hyperhidrosis, has started to lose its place to alternative methods in recent years.

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“…Since 1988, it is becoming an established therapeutic option for focal and generalized hyperhidrosis with limited side-effects including xerophthalmia xerostomia, constipation, headache, urinary retention, tachycardia and orthostatic hypotension. [7][8][9] Hidradenitis suppurativa is a complex multifactorial disease characterized by a challenging management that requires a combined approach of medical (mainly antibiotic and biological agents) and surgical therapy. However, lifestyle modification, smoking cessation, weight loss and reduction of factors that can exacerbate HS such as sweat are essential to contain disease acute flares.…”

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Oral oxybutynin chloride therapy in the management of hidradenitis suppurativa: A prospective study

Molinelli

D’Agostino

Sapigni

et al. 2023

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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Treatment of Hyperhidrosis: An Update

Cited by 8 publications

References 70 publications

Impostor phenomenon is a common feature among individuals with primary hyperhidrosis

Impostor phenomenon is a common feature among individuals with primary hyperhidrosis

YouTube is an important resource for hyperhidrosis patients

Oral oxybutynin chloride therapy in the management of hidradenitis suppurativa: A prospective study

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