I am a newbie here and please HELP

Chester907

New member
Dear all,

I found this site only about a week ago and I felt so amazing but sad that many people around the world are suffering from HH. Here is my story of HH and sorry it’s a bit long.

I am from HK, I am 26 and I suffer from facial HH since I can remember, I sweat heavily mainly at scalp , the back of my head and my back. A short 10 minutes walk from my home to the station can cause a huge mess on my face and I look so terrible when I board the train and since I am quite tall (about 2m, what a combination with HH), everyone would look at me and make me feel more nervous and then I will keep sweating in the WHOLE ride, I have to keeping wiping the sweat and it is so annoying. Numerous embarrassments like this have been caused by my stupid HH. I start to stink really bad when my sweat dries out even I have applied deodorant. I can't have a job which requires me to wear a suit or to work outdoor. I can't do many things I want to do in my life due to HH. I can't even hug my girlfriend due to my soaking wet face and my smell. Sometimes I feel like I am some kind of a freak and I should just hide at home, especially in the humid hot summer. Sometimes I just wanted to shave off all my hair or migrate to a cold country.

I have tried Chinese medicine to cure HH but it failed. After years of suffering I am now seriously considering to have a ETS surgery. After consulting my doctor and I knew that my chance of hurting other nerves and having CS is high since he will cut T2 of my sympathetic nervous system. And after reading all the post in the forums I found that there are so many patients who are against ETS. I started to doubt about the chance that I can successfully become dry once and for all.

After I have done quite a bit of research on the web, I found some solutions and here are my questions, please help!

1. Are there any successful cases here that after ETS your Cervicocranial (facial) HH is cured with no serious side effects? Or having serious CS? I heard that in Taiwan a doctor using a method called Ablation which he just burn part of the T2. He claim that he had cured 1688 palm HH and 54 Facial HH patients.

2. Are those e-books just scams or they really work? Has anyone tried any one of them and found it working? I am not asking for the content as I will purchase it with no doubt if it is for real.
bye-bye-excessive-armpit-sweat.com/sweating-cure.html
facialsweating.bonuscb.com
stop-sweating.1001-solutions.info
beatyoursweating.plus101.com
sweatcure.com

3. I found that Sage, St. John’s Wort and some other herbs are claimed to be able to suppress excessive sweating, has anyone tried this remedy and found it working?

4. Medicines like Robinul or Pro-Banthine, do they have good effect on facial sweat and spray like Odaban, can I apply it directly on the back my head or my scalp (I am not bald)? I have tried many medicines which claims to stop excessive sweating but they just don't work.

5. My doctor introduced me an alternative treatment call Chelation therapy to cure HH. The main idea of this is to remove toxins from the body in order to minimize the effects on the sympathetic nervous system due to the heavy metal accumulated in the body.
Has anyone heard of this or found it working? Frankly I believe my HH is hereditary since my father side has the HH history but mine is the worst. I don’t think my HH is due to the toxins inside my body.

6. I often heard that facial HH is anxiety induced and is self-consciousness that triggers the sweat. However when I walk down the empty street at midnight in the middle of summer, I felt completely relaxed as on one is watching me and I felt cool as breeze blowing in my face, I still sweat like a waterfall as I felt a rush of heat going up along my back to my head. I often doubt that my body is much more easier to get overheat then others, is that even true for HH patients? Has anyone have the same experience as mine? Can you share yours?

I really hope you don't mind reading my long tirade and please forgive my bad English. I just have this deadlock inside me for years and I am so desperate to find a key to it. I feel like HH is slowly ruining my life. Please HELP!!
 

margiehope

Well-known member
Hi, and welcome.
I will leave it to others to answer some of your questions, but can speak to the use of
glycopyrrolate (brand names Robinul or Avert).

I too have a big problem with cranial-facial HH (or, head and face sweating). I have used Avert for many years and yes it is quite helpful. Sometimes I have a dry mouth and throat, but really find that a fair trade.

HH is different for each person, and reaction to any med is too, but it's been a success for me.

Stress can add to any perspiring of course, but the real thing about HH is that it is excessive and inappropriate--like your midnight walk on the beach.

Others will write you, but go to the bottom and check some of the other threads--you'll probably find answers to many of your questions there too.

Good luck!
 

ukchick

Well-known member
This forum has been a total godsend to me and my daughter.Have a Search through and you will find tons of information.
Lots of luck and welcome- people on here are super supportive x
 
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