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Sometimes it’s easier to gauge whether a product is worth trying when you read testimonials – so we’ve been sent the below for you to get a feel of what Klima Antiperspirant has done for other people.

Sweat Guard’s website

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Hydrosal website
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I’ve recently been trying Hydrosal Antiperspirant. It’s a clear, colorless, odorless, topical gel that you apply (sparingly) to your underarm area. Hydrosal is great for treating hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). It’s a unique formulation developed by dermatologists, Hydrosal Gel contains the highly effective ingredient aluminum chloride hexahydrate delivered in a simple gel base. It’s simple to use. Wash and thoroughly dry the area to be treated, apply Hydrosal every night for seven nights at bed time, then continue as needed or as directed by a healthcare professional.

Hydrosal Gel is specially formulated for people who suffer with hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). The gel contains 15% aluminum chloride hexahydrate, a concentration proven to be more effective than other aluminum salts typically used in regular antiperspirants. The gel base means that Hydrosal has a low risk of irritation. Studies have shown the gel formulation is better tolerated than an alcohol solution found in many other products available for treating excessive sweating. In addition to reducing perspiration, Hydrosal Gel also helps to reduce underarm odor.

How To Use Hydrosal Gel
It is recommended that you wash and dry the area to be treated prior to application. A hair dryer set on “cool” could be used if necessary. A small quantity should be applied for seven consecutive nights at bedtime, then continued as needed. If you have sensitive skin, two to three treatments per week at bedtime are initially recommended. For minor irritations, a hydrocortisone cream could be applied an hour before the application of the gel and 15 minutes later if needed. If irritation persists, stop the medication and contact your doctor. Hydrosal Gel should not be applied to irritated, freshly shaved, or broken skin.

Side Effects
Hydrosal Gel is generally well tolerated by most people. However, along with most products, it does have the ability to irritate skin. If irritation persists, stop using Hydrosal Gel and contact your doctor.

The first time I tried Hydrosal was a bit hit and miss. Learning to use any new product and getting to know how to get the best out of it can take a while. The first night I used it, I went overboard on the amount I used. I had enough for four underarms but since I couldn’t get it back into the bottle, I slathered it on. Not surprisingly, the next morning my armpits were burning. I’d been trialling another product that had burned my skin so I decided to leave Hydrosal for a few weeks. Once my skin had healed, I used less of the gel. The next morning, my skin was still itchy so I left it another couple of weeks before trying again. Having done some research on products in general, I decided to use it within the hairline only, and sparingly at that. Tip: if you can’t get your skin bone dry prior to using a product, use a hairdryer on cool setting or dust lightly with some talc. This helped a great deal because my skin was slightly damp when I applied it. That was possibly one of the reasons my delicate skin became sore and itchy. Anyway. My trial eventually worked! I had to experiment with where to place the gel, if I used it outside of the ‘hair line’, or used too much, or used after shaving, it set me back a few days. Now I’ve fine tuned it, I’m very happy with the results! The bottle lasts for ages too.

Hydrosal was recently featured in a journal article published in the July 2011 issue of Cutis by Dr. Woolery-Lloyd and Dr. Valins from the University of Miami Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery. The article highlights Hydrosal’s efficacy as cotherapy with Botox for people who obtain a suboptimal response from treatment with Botox alone. The patients included suffered from moderate to severe hyperhidrosis, on the HDSS scale a 3 or 4. All participants reached 75-100% response rate with cotherapy and no irritation was observed.

I know Botox injections can be quite painful, and this cotherapy allows for minimizing breakthrough sweating and extending the duration of treatment, both fabulous for the patient health and wallet!

I always find it really interesting to read other people’s experiences with Hyperhidrosis and came across this blog – it’s written by a Canadian guy and tells his experiences of Japanese Summer and how harsh they can be. I’ve also added the comments left on the blog.

I really really hope the blog owner doesn’t mind us publishing this, I’ve sent him a message on Twitter with a link to where he can find us – if he does, and he wants his blog removed then that’s no problem, just email me and please accept our fervent apologies for overstepping the mark

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Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sweating in Japan

Growing up in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, I faced a varied climate. There were some distinct seasons. We of course were faced with damp, slushy and cold winters. Those were followed by muddy and damp springs. After spring was the shortest season of them all, summer. Summer lasted from about the second week of July until the end of August. The temperatures were arm and relatively dry. We would deal with average temperatures of about 25C, comfortable and warm. After that came my favorite season, fall. The air was crisp and the fall colours throughout Cape Breton’s forests were simply breathtaking.

Fast forward many years and I find myself living in the Kansai region of Japan. The climate is far different from what I grew up with and people deal with the elements in a very different way.

How do the seasons here in Kobe compare with those I dealt with while growing up? Well, there isn’t a lot in common!

In Kobe, there are certainly distinct seasons. Winter is mild and very easy to cope with. I like to refer to winters here as “winter lite”! We basically have no snow at all and the temperatures hover around 5C. Winter in Kobe is like mid-fall back home. I like it, but I occasionally miss the “white stuff.” Spring comes along and temperatures skyrocket very quickly. By mid-May, temperatures are I the mid to high 20’s. Then comes a bonus season! Rainy Season.

Rainy Season is basically a month of wet and a whole lot of not fun. As I am writing this post, the rainy season is beginning.

This is a month of having to hang your laundry inside your house (although clothes dryers are standard in Canadian households, they don’t exist in Japan). It is a month of your clothes not drying, getting moldy and not smelling so fresh. This is a season of testing the strength and durability of a variety of umbrellas and hoping someone doesn’t steal your umbrella when you leave it in the umbrella stand outside your office. It is wet!

Rainy season passes and we are immediately thrown into the “Japanese sauna”!

Summer in this area of Japan is brutal. It is hot and very humid. Often, with the humidex, temperatures reach the high 30’s and at times the low 40’s. You sweat from the time you wake up until the time you go to bed. Then you sweat in bed!

Summer in Japan is all about having high power bills in your house because of the air conditioner (even though many Japanese people refuse to use the air conditioners they have) and pointing fans in every direction you can think of.

During my first summer here, I was often self-conscience about the amount I was sweating. I was embarrassed about the fact that the underarms of my shirt were often wet. I was embarrassed about constantly having to wipe the endless waterfall of sweat from my brow. Then I began to look around and noticed that I wasn’t alone. Most of the people around me were sharing the same misery! Most men were also soaking through their shirts and I realized most people carried “sweat towels.” Small towels used to wipe their brows, necks and faces. Both men and women would constantly use these towels. Construction workers normally just tie a white towel around their heads like a bandana to soak up the moisture (I’ve even seen a few dorky foreigners do the same).

Once the sweltering nastiness of summer passes, we have fall in Japan. Fall here is much like mid-summer where I grew up in Canada. It is still pretty warm, but at least the sweating pretty much stops.

Then we’re back to winter and the cycle continues.

Conclusion: Weather here is a lot different than what I grew up with and summer here REALLY sucks!

I thought I’d add the comments, the first one made me smile – everyone’s sweat is the same, no matter where we come from I’ve never come across a person with Hyperhidrosis who actually smells (I had to get that in!). We’re the most hygienic people you could ever come across. And if the antiperspirants in Japan are that weak then I really do feel for them, it must be their own personal hell, especially in their Summer.

jaydeejapan said…
There’s something that always amused me about sweating in Japan. The deodorant in Japan is incredibly weak. The reason? Japanese people tell me it’s because Japanese sweat has no smell.
Right…
Some of the worst smelling people I have ever smelled in my entire life are Japanese businessmen.

Hiko said…
I always tell anyone who will listen not to come to Tokyo between May and September – summer in NZ sounds a lot like Canada, only we get a nice long summer. Winter is rainy and cold – Tokyo only gets nice pleasant warm weather for about 2 weeks each spring and each autumn – and I have heard that summers are worse in Kansai. Climate was apparently a big consideration in the relocation of the capital to Tokyo.

jenninjapan said…
Quite glad for the cool summers here on the north island! I actually went to Kansai last August. Stayed with my family in Osaka while day tripping Nara, Kyoto, and Kobe. I thought I was going to die. And this is after having lived six years in the very tropical climate of central Florida. At least in the States, everything (EVERYTHING) has air conditioning. Not the case in Japan, ne. Is a/c prevalent in Canada?

As you may or not be aware, ETS was banned in Sweden (it’s birthplace) some time ago. We were informed recently that ETS has also been banned in Pakistan. I’ve done some googling and whilst I can’t find a definitive answer, I came across this recently published article – I thought it might be well worth a read by everyone, not just those in Pakistan! I have to say though, it’s fantastic to have something relevant for our Pakistani HH friends for a change! I do hope it helps somebody.

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Pharmacologyonline 1: 424427 (2011) Newsletter Irfan and Qadir424

Management of Hyperhidrosis

Saba Irfan and M. Imran Qadir* College of Pharmacy, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Correspondence: mrimranqadir@hotmail.com

Summary
In hyperhidrosis, there is too much and non&physiological production of sweat by our body. Hyperhidrosis affects 1&2% of the population. The origin of this disease is not clear, although some workers say that it is caused by sympathetic over activity nervousness. For the cure of this disease Antiperspirants are available. It can also be cured by Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) method.

Keywords: Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy, Iontophoresis, Liposuction, Botox, Botunlinum, Anxiety

Introduction
In hyperhidrosis, there is a too much and non&physiological production of sweat by our body. (1) Hyperhidrosis may be a general condition where unnecessary sweating occurs all over the body or local hyperhidrosis where the unnecessary sweating is in a specific location such as the face, feet or hands. By looking at affected portion, it seems that it is just washed, either it is hand, foot or underarms.

Important Facts
1. Hyperhidrosis affects between 1&2% of the population.
2. In certain regions the percentage appears more than 2% (Taiwan and Philippines).
3. Family genetic history is believed to play a major role in Hyperhidrosis (2)
4. The most common areas of focal Hyerhidrosis are in the hands, armpits, and feet.
5. Male and females both are affected.
6. It can negatively affect people socially and functionally in their lives.
7. Historically doctors have completely misunderstood or underestimated its significant impact on patient’s lives.

Etiology
The origin of this disease is not clear, although some workers say that it is caused by sympathetic over activity or nervousness (3). Other factors may also take part in the problem and include certain foods, and drinks, nicotine, caffeine and fragrances. These may generate a reaction leading to the appearance of the problem.

MANAGEMENT

Antiperspirants
Antiperspirants are available in market. By spraying upon affected portion, they produce less sweat for 6&10 hours. (4) Some multi national companies launch 16 hours less producing sweat Antiperspirants in market.

Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy
With surgery, sweat through affected portion can be minimized or even can be removed completely. This method is called Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS). (5) In ETS, surgeon operates up to 30&60 minutes. Patient is completely unconscious and surgeon cuts sweat related Nerve. But this method is completely banned even in Sweden that was, its birth place in 2003. Because quantity of sweat can even gets more instead of reduction or it can expel to release through any other part of body. Another method during surgery overactive glands of sweat can removed from the body.

Sweat gland suction
Sweat gland suction (6) method is originated from Liposuction (7) and is only used in auxiliary hyperhidrosis (8) means to remove excess of sweat from under arms.

Iontophoresis
Iontophoresis (9) is used for hands and foot. Affected part is absorbed or dipped in water and electric current is passed whose quantity ranges from 15&18 amperes and is produced through DC Generator and in armpits the current is applicated via wet sponge electrodes.

Botox. This method of cure is so famous that in 2004 FDA approved this method. Botox (10) is particularly common for sweat in underarms.

Purified Botunlinum Toxin.
Purified botunlinum toxin (11) is injected into the underarms, which temporarily block the nerves that stimulate sweating. The affect usually lasts for 2&6 months although some patients may continue to benefits for 12 months. It is very costly treatment. Make it clear that Botox is used to remove the wrinkles of skin and it can use as anti aging agent. (12) Prospects of ancient general Practitioner In the treatment of this disease doctors and herbalists (13) tell few precautions, upon acting on them it reduces significantly. Every department and way of precaution related physicians tell these measures.

1. Keep body cold as much as u can. Keep your head cover under direct sunlight.
2. Take regular bath and wash especially infected area.
3. Change cloth regularly.
4. Stay well away from meat and wine.
5. Tea, nicotine(14), caffeine(15) and other addicted items are strictly not recommended.
6. Use such sought of cloths that do not cause any distortion between body and air.
7. Drink as much water as u can so that body temperature may not exceed.
8. Do not use oily and fried items. Use low chilly in edibles.
9. Use vegetables and corn to eat. Use Milk, Yogurt, and easily digested food.
10. Stay away from worries.

Precautions
In Hyperhidrosis, exercise is best than any other way out. Exercise can give best relief to patient than any other precaution or medicine.
i. Some patients suffer from this disease only at night they don’t have any symptom in day time. They cannot even sleep at night due to which they remain depressed and this adds to their sickness.
ii. Some patients remain normal during the summer. And got their Underarms, hands, Foot, face, and joints covered with wet only in winter. That is a source of complete depression.
iii. In some patients, this process of excessive sweating becomes fast as long as they remain hungry. But as soon as they eat some thing sweat strength reduces or almost finishes.

References
1. Henzen C. Gentle Gaint. Ther Umsch. 2010; 12:623&627.
2. Huang CC, Lu RB, Shih MC, Yen CH, Huang SY. Association study of the dopamine transporter gene with personality traits and major depressive disorder in the Han Chinese population. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2010. [ahead of print]
3.Bakker MJ, Tijssen MA, van der Meer JN, Koelman JH, Boer F.Increased whole&body auditory startle reflex and autonomic reactivity in children with anxiety disorders. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2009; 4:314&22.
4.Sen S, Sentürk E, PabuKcu E, Cokpinar S, Yaman E.Minimally invasive approach in the pleural fluids. Tuberk Toraks. 2010; 1:71&7.
5. Yanagihara TK, Ibrahimiye A, Harris C, Hirsch J, Gorenstein LA.Analysis of clamping versus cutting of T3 sympathetic nerve for severe palmar Hyerhidrosis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010; 140(5):984&9.
6. Rezai K. Suction curettage of the sweat glands&&an update. Dermatol Surg. 2009; 35(7):1126&9.
7.Pelosi MA 3rd, Pelosi MA 2nd.Breast augmentation.Obstet Gynecol Clin North America.
8.Maillard H, Briand N, Bara C, Celerier P .Efficacy of botulinum toxin A in the treatment of axillary and palmar hyperhidrosis. Ann dermatol venereal. 2003; 130(5):511&3.
9. Tesselaar E, Sjöberg F. Transdermal iontophoresis as an in&vivo technique for studying microvascular physiology.Microvasc Res. 2010. [ahead of print]
10.Delstanche S, Schoenen J. Botulinum toxin for the treatment of headache: a promising path on a “dead end road”?Acta Neurol Belg. 2010; 110(3):221&9.
11. Fahrer J, Funk J, Lillich M, Barth H.Internalization of biotinylated compounds into cancer cells is promoted by a molecular Trojan horse based upon core streptavidin and clostridial C2 toxin.Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol. 2010. [ahead of print]
12. Zhong W, Zou G, Gu J, Zhang J. L&arginine attenuates high glucose&accelerated senescence in human umbilical vein endothelial cells.Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2010 ;89(1):38&45.
13.Mati E, de Boer H. Ethnobotany and trade of medicinal plants in the Qaysari Market, Kurdish Autonomous Region, Iraq. J Ethnopharmacol. 2010. [Epub ahead of print]
14. Edens E, Massa A, Petrakis I. Novel pharmacological approaches to drug abuse treatment. Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 2010; 3:343&86
15. Duncan MJ, Oxford SW. The Effect of Caffeine Ingestion on Mood State and Bench Press Performance to Failure. J Strength Cond Res. 2010. [Epub ahead of print]

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Two of our three free giveaway competitions are ending this week and we really don’t want anyone to miss out. If you haven’t already done so, PLEASE enter the competitions. It’s free and easy to do – it’s as simple as writing three words in an email and hitting ‘send’! It’s a fabulous way of trying out products relevant to your sweating. All three of these products cost over $16.99 each so it’s worth spending two minutes to join in.

Good luck!

Wrapps – FREE giveaway
Wrapps – www.coolwrapps.com have given us ten free Wrapps to send out to ten lucky entrants. These are invaluable if you suffer any sweating in your groin area. They can also help if you sweat down your back. This is a fantastic opportunity to hopefully try one out to see if it works for you. Every Wrapp is handmade with the utmost care by Denise Bartell – Denise has suffered with Hyperhidrosis for many, many years.

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Send an email to wrapps@verysweatybetty.com
2. You MUST include ‘wrapps giveaway’ in the subject line
3. You MUST include your verysweatybetty forum member name in the body of the email
4. You can enter as many times as you like – although that doesn’t mean you can win more than once!
5. The winners will be chosen entirely at random and notified once the competition has closed on 1st September 2011

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Klima Antiperspirant – FREE giveaway
The other free giveaway is for Klima Antiperspirant. This product is a market leader and this is your chance to hopefully give it a try. This is for our US members only I’m afraid.

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Send an email to klima@verysweatybetty.com and enter ‘Klima giveaway’ in the subject line.
2. You must include your VerySweatyBetty forum name in the body of the email.
3. You can enter as many times as you like but you can’t win more than once!
4. This giveaway is valid until 1st September.
5. Successful applicants will be chosen at random and notified accordingly.
6. Please be aware this particular promotional giveaway is only valid if you live in the USA.

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Kleinerts Sweat Shield Wipes – FREE giveaway (NEW)
These Once-a-Week wipes come in a convenient sachet and afford you safe and effective protection from sweat – and better still, you can use them just about everywhere!

- Clinically tested
- No irritation with extra aoles added
- Waterproof through showering
- Easy to apply
- Safe for underarms, face, hands, chest, back and feet (please keep this away from your eyes).

We have TEN free boxes of their Sweat Shield Wipes to give away to ten lucky recipients. Each box is enough for up to two whole months of protection against sweat. Each box is worth $16.99 so it’s a prize that’s well worth having.

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Send an email to kleinerts@verysweatybetty.com
2. You MUST include ‘kleinerts giveaway’ in the subject line
3. You MUST include your verysweatybetty forum member name in the body of the email
4. You can enter as many times as you like – although that doesn’t mean you can win more than once!
5. The winners will be chosen entirely at random and notified once the competition has closed on 15th September 2011
6. Please note, Kleinerts Sweat Shield Wipes free giveaway is open to North America residents only.

A note about spam – don’t worry, we keep all your information 100% PRIVATE. You have our word that you won’t receive spam because of us.

Thank you for reading – and please remember to enter these three Hyperhidrosis must-have competitions!

This was written by a friend who suffers from Hyperhidrosis and posted this on our forum for all to see.  Knowell has his own site and writes blogs about living with this condition.
We thank you for letting us share this great story.

Early last week, one of my Indian office mate (Abdulhamid) received a warning letter from our HR that he was untidy and smelly, and threatened to apply salary deduction. While sobbing, he showed the letter to me and mentioned that ‘this is your payoff for all the good things you tried to share and exerted to this company’. With caution I asked him if that was true. He directly told me that he cannot avoid it because he has a sweating problem. Gosh.. only then I knew that somebody right there from our office share the same sweating problem like me!..

Immediately I told to Abdulhamid not to lose his composure; and assured him that I myself will assist in solving this issue. It’s really a long time I tried to bypass my office mates’ negative comments about this condition. Now this is such a relief for me to validate acceptance of our situation.

I wrote a separate e-mail addressed to our Administration and HR manager that they are wrong in labeling Abdulhamid as ‘untidy’. Aside from telling them that their accusation has nothing to do with his work performance, I told them that he did not choose to experience being untidy; in fact he cannot avoid being untidy because of his sweating problem. I told them that he has body and axillary hyperhidrosis, while I have palmo-plantar hyperhidrosis.. Finally i emphasized to them that they have no idea how we suffered trying to adjust with this condition.

After that, I informed to Abdulhamid what I did. I waited if the HR will call us for further reprimand but interestingly, the week almost passed and we never heard anything from them. I asked Abdulhamid for anything and said he never heard anything also, neither the HR opened the topic again as if nothing was circulated..

Whether they will accept us or not, what really matter is understanding the condition which can be possible only by raising the issue into public awareness. An understanding that life has imperfections; but the way we live makes it perfectly wonderful. And a trust that if the situation is beyond our control, we can rest assured with our Creator who has the total control of everything when he said “be still and know that I am the Lord..” I encourage you to please share your similar experiences to reinforce all of us.

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Perhaps the most often asked question in Hyperhidrosis circles is “what comes first, the anxiety or the sweating?”

Over the years, I’ve been told by at least two doctors that I sweat because of my state of mind – which has had me questioning my neurotic state of mind and kicking myself for being ‘the cause’.  I’ve even had counselling.

Is it as simple as blaming the patient for their own disease?

Is THIS the answer to the question?

It doesn’t matter what your age or sex is, hyperhidrosis doesn’t discriminate.

Wherever your sweat is, it’s miserable, awkward, annoying, frustrating – but there’s no need for me to tell you that, we all run out of adjectives for it and it never seems to cover our suffering with any great adequacy.

I’ve found a product that I think men will love.  Maybe women, too.  I don’t see why we can’t try these out – especially in the colder seasons!

They’re moisture-wicking boxer shorts and have a high rating and good customer reviews.  If crotch/truncal and or back sweating bothers you to any degree then these just might give you some relief and restore a bit of confidence.  Even better – they’re on sale right now – giving them a trial run won’t break the bank.

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If these aren’t enough for your sweating (lets face it, no one product is enough for some of us, unfortunately) then a layering strategy might well be something that will work well for you.  It’s the only thing that works well for me.  If you need that bit extra, how about Denise’s Wrapps?  They began life for one lady’s groin hyperhidrosis and have gone from strength to strength – through word of mouth, now even sports men and women wear these, even if they don’t have hyperhidrosis.  It’s so much more comfortable to be dry – and the only way anyone will know you’re wearing one is if you tell them.

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Whilst I haven’t tried the men’s moisture wicking boxers, I have tried the Wrapps and I can guarantee they’re a life saver.  As the Wrapps can be purchased in sample packs of two, it doesn’t break the bank to give them a try.  I have about 20 of them now – that’s enough for me to last a week during the hottest of summer days with normal everyday use – housework, shopping, gardening – I lead an exciting life!

Keep checking back, we’ll help you to take control of your sweating so you can get on with doing something altogether more interesting – with so much more confidence!

Laulas shirts

As just about everyone on www.verysweatybetty.com knows, I’ve suffered with Hyperhidrosis all my life.  That’s 43 years, in case you were wondering.

Hyperhidrosis is a non-discriminatory skin disease which affects a significant proportion of people across the world.  It is estimated to affect around 3% of the population – although if you’re like I was, thinking it was ‘just me’ – then you don’t bother to see your doctor about it.  That means the 3% figure is nothing more than a minimum guestimate.

There’s sadly no cure for Hyperhidrosis.  Not yet, anyway.  Anyone or any website who claims differently is not worth bothering with.  These sites exist for one reason only, that’s to make money from people like us, people who are desperate enough part with a lot of money for drugs, ebooks, surgical procedures, various products that claim to cure us and end our suffering.  Trust me, if there was a cure then I’d be out enjoying life instead of shying away from hot and humid weather and you wouldn’t be reading this review.  Instead, I choose to spend my time helping people come to terms with – and learn to cope with their excessive sweating.  For free.  And no, I don’t get paid.  This is a labour of love!

From time to time, verysweatybetty.com is lucky enough to trial different products.  As we would do practically anything to help our members, we take the hits for you.  There’s nothing worse than spending lots of money on something that claims to work but at the end of the day, makes little or no impact on your symptoms.  When we get to try products, we report back – honestly – and that helps you to make a more informed choice.

A product I’ve been trying for the last few weeks is a Laulas tee-shirt from www.sweat-help.com.  Gerhard, who also suffers from Hyperhidrosis, has invented and perfected the Laulas over many years and it works so well they actually don’t have a need to sell any other products.

This is the production information on their website – www.sweat-help.com:

The Laulas tee-shirt is made by a traditional Swiss Company
The fabric is 100% cotton with the Oekotex standard 100 seal (tested for harmful materials, produced in an environment friendly establishment)
100% cotton yarn of “Swiss cotton ring” (women’s shirt with 5% Lycra)

My verdict – the Laulas more than lives up to it’s high production values.  It’s the softest, lightest, silkiest feeling cotton tee-shirt I’ve ever felt.  It’s nothing like the thick, stiff cotton garments that are more commonplace – there really is no comparison between Laulas fabric and just about any other tee-shirt brand available.  On that alone, you will be thrilled with your purchase.

I have taken the next part direct from Laulas’ website (http://www.sweat-help.com/help)

Naturally sweating, let it flow, don’t prevent it!
I have been looking for possibilities to let my sweat just flow but haven’t found anything.
Until my t-shirt! 2003 – my first prototype was ready and a new life began.
Being able to wear blue shirts, reach up in the air, being able to just take off the jacket when it’s warm in the room was wonderful.
It took a while until everything was ready …

But now it’s here!

The functional shirt is for women and men

* The shirt that makes it possible to just let the axillary sweat flow and nobody can see it.
* The shirt that gives you new freedom.
* The shirt that takes away the fear of extreme sweating and reduces the visibility of sweat.
* It only takes you two minutes a day.

The result

* No changes to your body, neither from the inside nor from the outside
* No white lines on your shirts – No discolored shirts anymore
* No fear of lifting the arms.
* No pitiful and disgusted looks anymore.

Letting your sweat flow makes a lot of sense.  Bear with me, I’ll explain as best I can.  When you sweat, it’s for a reason – it’s to cool you down and prevent us from the dangers of overheating.  You will only stop sweating until your body is at the right temperature.  If you blocked every single one of your pores, then you wouldn’t sweat.  However, that would completely go against the whole reason for us having the ability to sweat in the first place.  If you blocked half of your pores, you would still sweat from the unblocked pores – but the likelihood is that you’d sweat more and for longer.  Your body would be working much harder to cool you down.  This is borne out by the vast majority of people who have had surgery for their sweating – ETS (Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy), which blocks off sweating from above the nipple line, instead delivers unacceptably high levels of sweat from below the nipple line.  This is called Compensatory Sweating (CS).  Letting your sweat flow is natural and not a danger to your health.  Until we have a cure, the only thing you can really do for it is to manage it the best way you can.

The Laulas concentrates a lot of it’s energies towards helping Axillar Hyperhidrosis – in other words, sweaty armpits.  I’m from London, originally, and anybody who has ever travelled on the underground train network will have lost count of all the enormous patches of sweat appearing from their own underarms and those of their fellow passengers.  The Laulas is there to actively catch this sweat.  It also has discrete little pockets you can pad with absorbent paper (Tempo, Plenty etc) which will help even the heaviest sweater.  I’m an average underarm sweater and didn’t need to use the extra padding.

My Laulas tee-shirt arrived at just the right time.  We have recently had builders in to refit our kitchen and fit both bedrooms, that involved a lot of sweat-inducing work as we had to move everything out of these rooms so they could have access.  This also happened to be during the hottest few weeks of the (UK) summer.

I was really pleased with the hard-working efficacy of the tee-shirt.  For a garment to be so soft, you just can’t possibly understand just how mighty it’s hidden power is until you’ve tried it for yourself.  As it’s 100% cotton, it absorbs well and dries fast.  No matter how much I sweated, it caught it and helped it to evaporate.  I knew how bad I was sweating because the rest of my body was drenched – I’m an extreme sweater and sweat from my scalp to my feet.  The only area the sweat was actively contained and hidden was on my upper body.  Although the Laulas places a lot of focus on the underarm area, it still helps with other problem areas of sweating.  My back is one of the areas I sweat the most and usually my tee-shirts end up wringing wet – the Laulas even helped with that, no break-through back-sweat.

The Laulas is simple, effective and very comfortable.  No matter whether you’re male, female, young or old, there is a Laulas for everyone – I can’t recommend them highly enough.

Beverly Stacey
www.verysweatybetty.com

Useful links (open in new windows)  Laulas website and Laulas video