Botox for Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)

What is Botox for excessive sweating and how does it work?

Hyperhidrosis means sweating far more than your body needs to stay cool, most often from the underarms, palms, feet or face. Botox is a purified protein medicine, botulinum toxin type A. Placed just under the skin, it blocks the nerve signal that tells sweat glands to work, so the treated area sweats far less. The original Botox brand is approved by the US FDA for severe underarm sweating that antiperspirants have not controlled.

Botox for sweating benefits

• Drier underarms: sweating drops sharply within days of one visit.
• Long-lasting: one treatment usually keeps you drier for four to six months or more.
• Wear what you like: no more planning clothes around sweat patches.
• Quick visit: tiny injections in about 20–30 minutes.
• No downtime: straight back to work the same day.
• Normal cooling: your body still cools itself through its other sweat glands.

Botox for underarm sweating

The underarms are where Botox for sweating works best. Your doctor first maps the sweatiest area, sometimes with a starch-iodine test that turns sweaty skin dark, then places about 10–15 tiny injections per underarm, just under the skin. The prescribing label of the original Botox uses 50 units for each underarm, so a full 100-unit vial covers both sides in one visit.

Botox for sweating before and after

Before, sweat can soak through a shirt within minutes of getting dressed; after about two weeks, most people find their underarms stay dry or close to dry through the day. In a year-long trial of 322 people, three in four treated had a two-grade drop in sweating severity at one month, against one in four on a placebo, and the effect lasted a median of about 205 days.

Hyperhidrosis treatment price in Pakistan

Botox for excessive sweating costs from Rs 35,000 a treatment, the same at all 12 of our clinics. A full 100-unit vial is opened for you alone, and the doctor confirms the units you need.

Who shouldn’t have Botox for sweating?

Treatment waits if you are pregnant or breastfeeding or the skin there is infected, and a nerve-muscle illness such as myasthenia gravis rules it out. Sweating that starts suddenly, at night or all over the body needs a medical check first. Tell your doctor about blood thinners, recent antibiotics or any earlier reaction to botulinum toxin.

Your Botox for sweating, step by step

1. Free consultation: your doctor confirms the type of sweating and checks for other causes.
2. Mapping: the sweatiest area is marked, sometimes with a starch-iodine test.
3. Treatment: about 10–15 tiny injections per underarm; about 20–30 minutes in all.
4. Review: dryness builds over 1–2 weeks; any missed spot can be touched up.
5. Repeat: when sweating returns, usually after 4–6 months or more.

Results and recovery

You feel the difference within a few days to a week, with the full effect at about two weeks, and it usually lasts four to six months, often longer. It controls hyperhidrosis rather than curing it, so you repeat treatment when sweating returns. Small bumps and mild soreness fade within hours, a tiny bruise can occur, a few people notice a little more sweating elsewhere, and most go straight back to work.

Aftercare

• Skip the gym, sauna and steam for a day
• Don’t rub the treated skin for a day
• Skip deodorant for 24 hours
• Don’t shave your underarms for 24 hours

Why choose Cutera Aesthetics

• Doctor-led: your hyperhidrosis treatment is assessed, planned and performed by our qualified doctors.
• Free consultation: an honest assessment and a clear plan before you commit to anything.
• Botox for sweating near you: at all 12 clinics in 7 cities, at the same price. Find your nearest clinic.