Can you over-do iontophoresis?

oolceeoo · Newbie User Joined: Aug 24, 2007 Posts: 36

Hi everyone. Right now is really insane. I just got a new job and I have to get fingerprinted tomorrow, so I have been going all out to get my hands dry with the Fischer MD-1a.

I have been doing 2 hours a day at 20mA, 10 hours total, and my hands right now are literally turning to prunes typing this. I mean they are REALLY dripping soaking wet, worse than when I don't do treatments.

So my question is have I overdone the treatments? I mean I thought that the more you did it at higher intensity the more effective it is, but my hand sweat is totally out of control right now and I think it might be because I have overdone it. Has this happened to anyone else where the sweating gets MUCH worse from iontophoresis?

And if so, are less frequent, shorter, and less intense treatments more effective?

hinder87 · Intermediate User Joined: Jun 23, 2007 Posts: 107

yes u can overdo it. u shud do it only everyother day at around 14mA. stop for two weeks and start all over again. good luck at ur job

oolceeoo · Newbie User Joined: Aug 24, 2007 Posts: 36

hinder87,

How long do you do it for each day?

hinder87 · Intermediate User Joined: Jun 23, 2007 Posts: 107

about 12 minutes. oolceeoo when u got dry before with the salt, how long did it last? and did u do any maintennance treatments?

oolceeoo · Newbie User Joined: Aug 24, 2007 Posts: 36

It's been really hard to gauge how long it lasts. For me it could have been a week but I'm not sure. Iontophoresis does work with the salt, but trying to get the schedule down to maintain it or even to get the initial dryness is difficult.

Have you been successful with doing it 12 minutes every other day?

fresca · Newbie User Joined: Nov 05, 2007 Posts: 14

oolceeoo,

didn't mean to threadjack, but just wondering...
do you which pole is more effective for treatment? the positive or negative or do u do both?

I also thought more ionotophoresis caused MORE sweating for me.

oolceeoo · Newbie User Joined: Aug 24, 2007 Posts: 36

I think the positive is stronger, but with this treatment its so hard to tell.