Can axillary hyperhidrosis spread to other places?

[jackson_n]

Hello, I've been watching this YouTube video and the girl in it is talking about how her axillary hyperhidrosis has spread to other places.
Is this possible? I've never read anywhere that axillary hyperhidrosis can spread!

This is the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biIGzneYwTw

 

[TerryG]

In my experience, I have applied Drysol to my under-arms in hopes of stopping the sweating completely. I'd apply some once a week, which did help a lot but after a while I noticed I started sweating from the groin and buttox areas. So I guess this is what they call compensatory sweating.

 

[jackson_n]

In my experience, I have applied Drysol to my under-arms in hopes of stopping the sweating completely. I'd apply some once a week, which did help a lot but after a while I noticed I started sweating from the groin and buttox areas. So I guess this is what they call compensatory sweating.

before starting to take Drysol, did you only sweat from your under-arms or there were other places too?

 

[TerryG]

before starting to take Drysol, did you only sweat from your under-arms or there were other places too?

It actually started mainly in my feet. Woke up one morning and noticed that my feet were staying wet. About maybe a week later I noticed I started sweating under my arms as well. My hands also began to get clammy but mostly in high-stress situations. In addition, whenever I'd take a rather long walk, I'd sweat from the groin area too. I used drysol for about 6 months, once every week as it seemed to do the trick, but it only worked for my under arms and sadly not my feet or hands (I didn't dare apply that stuff on my groin!). But Drysol (aluminum chloride) blocks your sweat pores and eventually I didn't need to apply anymore under the arms. I thought I had 'cured' it but eventually I noticed I started sweating more from the groin and from the butt. I still sweat a little bit from the under arms but only if I do extreme physical activity or if I'm wearing a tight shirt and it's rather warm outside, but nothing like before. However, sweating from the butt and groin are a little annoying, especially in warm or nervous situations, or even before a bowel movement (not the most interesting detail haha). It's almost as if my body was 'taught', over time, to exude sweat elsewhere rather than my underarms.

 

[uksam]

In my experience, I have applied Drysol to my under-arms in hopes of stopping the sweating completely. I'd apply some once a week, which did help a lot but after a while I noticed I started sweating from the groin and buttox areas. So I guess this is what they call compensatory sweating.

before starting to take Drysol, did you only sweat from your under-arms or there were other places too?

I also started with pretty much only underarm sweating, to the point where it would run down my arms if the t-shirt was loose...

Drysol fixed it very quickly, and now I rarely apply it and mny underarms stay dry.

But not long after I'd sorted the underarm sweating, I got heavy facial/cranial sweating, as well as more generally like back and chest etc.

So, I'd say I got compensatory sweating, which was very frustrating, as underarm sweating is a lot easier to hide!

 

[hh_sucks]

Yes, it's possible. But compensatory sweating is VERY VERY RARE other than ETS complication.

If you feel you have a compensatory sweating, you have to be accurate to report it, like the amount of sweating before and after the treatment.

 

[jackson_n]

Yes, it's possible. But compensatory sweating is VERY VERY RARE other than ETS complication.

If you feel you have a compensatory sweating, you have to be accurate to report it, like the amount of sweating before and after the treatment.

I don't have CS, i was just wondering what are the odds of someone getting CS from the usage of antiperspirants, and as I see from your answer it is very very rare, thanks for answering.

 

[Sprawling]

Yes, it's possible. But compensatory sweating is VERY VERY RARE other than ETS complication.

If you feel you have a compensatory sweating, you have to be accurate to report it, like the amount of sweating before and after the treatment.

I don't think it's as rare as you think. I know we talked about this sort of thing before. I know I have treated particular areas with topicals in the past causing compensatory sweating in other areas. Pretty common actually.