When was this made...has this supposed expert doctor in HH not heard of liposuction with curretage for underarm sweating ???? which has had very high rates of success unlike ETS which as is said in the programme is hit n miss.
So what did you all think? I've spoken to Anne in Texas and told her that I thought it was great. I'm really proud that I took part in this programme. Can you hear me sighing with relief?
I've just watch the programme and thought it was brilliantly put together.
I hadn't heard of the condition until last summer, despite having it for as long as I can remember. I've seen dozens of doctors and complained about the sweating but they just looked at me and shrugged their shoulders
I relate very much to the lady in Texas (Anne) as the majority of my sweating is from the neck up. My hair is always dripping wet, like I just got out of the shower and didn't wrap a towel around my head. I'd love to be brave enough to not worry about the embarrassment but it affects everything I do. I've even dyed my hair a very dark brown so it doesn't notice so much that it's always wet. My face pours with sweat too, I don't bother with make-up any more, it just slides right off, no matter what I use. Now I come to think of it, there's actually not a single part of my body that isn't affected.
I have problems finding clothes that are 'right' too. They need to be dark, loose (so they don't touch me and pick up wet patches) and cover all the bits that need covering. Skirts and dresses are a big no-no as the sweat pours down my legs. I can't possibly sit on a seat that isn't made from fabric because of the damp patch I leave behind. Any temperature over 60 degrees feels suffocating to me. In fact, I'll be really happy if summer never happens again!
All I've done is whinge I've never told anyone all of this before
I take my hat off to all the ladies on the programme, I wish I could be half as brave!
Glad you felt you could open up about having HH. I hope that the programme showed people that's it's not our fault and that we're not un-hygenic.
I'm actually really lucky compared to Anne and Holly in the programme, because it's only my armpits that sweat excessively. At least I can hide that with the right clothes. Throughout the programme I'm shown wearing tight tops. This was of course to show my sweat patches off. I wouldn't normally been seen dead in those tops (unless they were under a jumper). I usually wear chiffon tops because they are sheer, they don't show anything.
I think the program was very well made and everyone who took part in it was very brave in stepping forward and talking about it, thanks for doing this. It would have been even better to maybe show people with hand and feet HH and other treatments i.e. ionto but overall it was very good. Lets hope they are right in what they said in the end about finding a proper cure in five years time (although its probably going to be something like 15)
Hi
i have just found this forum.I watched the programme tonight, i thought
it was brilliant.
I can really relate to the lady in Texas. I have hh on the face and body.
It has made me really withdrawn, i packed up my job in a shop after i heard customers commenting on my sweating.
I only really started sweating after i had my children, after my 1st son i had severe sweating for about 3 months and then it cleared up, i put it down to nerves.When i had my 2nd son the sweating started again and has never stopped.I have had it for 14yrs now.
I'm more than happy to open up Toni I think it's more a question of finding an arena to open up in!! It's pretty much a conversation killer when the first thing you come out with is "excuse me but I suffer from..." - at best you get rewarded with an embarrassed smile and often a hasty exit
I'm so acutely embarrassed sometimes that I find myself apologising in shops etc. I went to get my hair cut yesterday and was hot and sticky and dripping... In fact, I stood outside in the rain so it looked like I got caught in the shower. I felt really awful for the hairdresser as she had to touch me. I avoid touching at all costs. I've forgotten sometimes and hugged visiting family and soaked them, too
I take all this for granted most of the time, this is the first time I've put it in readable words and only now do I realise how neurotic I feel about it.
I'm only 41 but make an awful lot of remarks about hot flushes so that strangers don't think I'm sweating because I'm just a fat slob!
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I thought it was ok...was surprised that it was only women featured, I must've missed that memo
I think it's a start, but I think we need more of these types of documentries to keep getting the point across to people that HH isn't digusting...it's a condition that we can't do anything about.
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Hi, I watched the programme last night and felt confused. I particularly was interested in i think (Toni's ??) problem with the underarm hyperhydrosis.
I was astonished when the surgeon said he could not perform the operation to stop the sweating. When i was 19 in 1980 i underwent an operation for the same problem. However, the operation described last night sounded different to what i had. Lungs were certainley not collapsed and definately no after effects. I had 'excision of sweat glands' and to this day i am now 47 and have NEVER sweated under my arms (or elsewhere) since. (Hot flushes aside of course !!) I cannot understand this new operation as mine was so simple. I have never heard of sweating elsewhere to compensate for the underarm probelm.
Please dont give up try and find out about this alternative surgery. OK i have scars under my arms as it wasn't keyhole surgery but i didn't care, it changed my life !!!! Good luck x
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I've never told anyone all of this before 
I think it's more a question of finding an arena to open up in!! It's pretty much a conversation killer when the first thing you come out with is "excuse me but I suffer from..." - at best you get rewarded with an embarrassed smile and often a hasty exit 
