Karen* shared her story about our anti-sweating Botox injections. Text unchanged.

„I think I was the first patient at your clinic to have Botox injections for sweating. That must have been about 10 years ago, in 2006.

Excessive sweating was a big problem in my life regardless of the weather or my mood. I sweated profusely. I constantly had to think about what material clothes to buy or what to wear on any specific day. I couldn’t wear silk shirts and dark clothes were a nightmare for me – I always ended up with sweat stains on the shirts.

Before getting the injections, I tried a thousand different things. I think I tried every option there was: crystals and antiperspirants. It was all incredibly annoying for a woman.

Finally, a friend told me about Botox. I discussed it with a consultant at the clinic, and we came to the conclusion that I should try it. Since it was such a new thing at the time, I didn’t know what to expect. Back then, Dr. Viiklepp gave me the injections and it was new to him as well. Even he didn’t know what results we could expect. 

The injections were made into my armpits – that was my problem area. The procedure was painful. The needle pricked right into my armpits at least twenty times. But the pain lasted exactly as long as the procedure and the following few days I could only faintly feel that something had been done. I remember that I had the injections on June 1^st and exactly five days later, I stopped sweating – as if someone had turned off the faucet. For me, it was incredible, even shocking. It didn’t matter if I worked out or if it was a hot day – I didn’t sweat any more. I didn’t even need to use deodorant. Honestly, even the surgeon was bewildered by how well it worked. 

What’s funny is that I had the injections on June 1^st and I was told they would last about a year and that’s exactly how it went, like clockwork. A year later, around June 3^rd, I started to sweat again. And that’s how it’s been for four years now.

One year, when it was time to have the injections again, I had financial trouble and decided not to get them. That year, I started to sweat again, but like any normal person. That happened around the year 2000 and, to this day, I haven’t needed the injections again. I can wear slim fitting shirts. I don’t have any of the problems I used to. All that drying my armpits with napkins and… oh that was horrible.

When I think back on the effect those injections had, I’d do them again any day. I would save up or take out a loan. I think I would even pay more for the procedure. The time – a whole year – that they last is a long time so I think the price and quality are in check. I think I’d drag all my friends and acquaintances to the clinic if they had a similar problem. Whether it be armpits, hands or legs – sweat is sweat. Whoever has experienced it knows what I’m talking about. The effect was incredible.”

*The patient’s name has been changed

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