How I cured my hyperhydrosis FOR FREE

ShakingHands · Newbie User Joined: Jan 17, 2008 Posts: 19

I used a bit of baking soda, and it helped immensely. My hands are almost too dry. Very Happy

hydroman123 · Newbie User Joined: May 08, 2008 Posts: 50

Can anyone explain this? After burning my hands by overdoing iontophoresis, I decided to take a two week break. Its day 12 and I haven't sweat at all since I stopped the treatments. The weather has been cool lately- so I thought the decreased sweating was due to this. Even my fingertips (which were dripping when I stopped the treatments) are now largely dry. Today was a typically awful day for my hyperhidrosis (hot and humid), but I was around 90% dry.
My main problem is, should I restart the treatments? Will it all go to hell again? I know theres no absolute answer but any feedback would be appreciated.

iDShaDoW · Newbie User Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 93

If your hands are still dry, don't restart the treatments as in doing 10 days worth of treatment back to back.

You still need to do maintenance treatments (maybe once or twice a week) or you'll have to start all over from the beginning.

rambo87 · Newbie User Joined: Jul 21, 2008 Posts: 18

Hello, this is my first post after silently reading alot here! And I'm so excited that there is hope for us!

So I just did this treatment first time some minutes ago on my hands (as how shannon youtube video showed), but i have a problem:

I use only 12V with some salt in the water. Despite this fact it tingles too much boardering on pain for me! I really have trouble standing out the 10min on each polarity! Right now I'm doing my feet and it sticks my feet really bad!

Shannon mentioned that 12V probably won't do any good, so I'm really afraid, do i really have to up the volts even though it kinda hurt already? Im planning on a treatment everyday for 10-15sessions as suggested and then maintence treatments.

Also the batteries i have are 2x12V motorcycle batteries (but as mentioned i use only one of them, so if i use two of them it would be 24V double the pain! Help!)

edit: oh by the way, I have so much water that it covers my whole hand, same with the feet. Maybe thats is why it hurts? Should have i so little water it only contact my palms or the face of my underfeet?

iDShaDoW · Newbie User Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 93

Motorcycle batteries? That stuff might put out a bit more milliAmps than you should be using.

Plus the salt will increase the conductivity of the current in the water.

You should look for the 6V ones. They're called Lantern Batteries.

Question: Do you all change the water after you finish your hands and then do your feet? Or do you just keep the same water?

rambo87 · Newbie User Joined: Jul 21, 2008 Posts: 18

I sent mr shannon an email and he replied the very next day. he told me to go ahead and try 24V because it probably wouldnt hurt as much as i had imagined... and he was right, it wasnt actually any difference to the 12V tingle Confused

(i did not, however, add any salt with 24V)

So yesterday was my 3rd session and im so excited! and im also aware of those 6V batteries but i figured out that those arent rechargable like the motorcycle ones Razz

In my case i dont change the water, i just do it 10min on each polarity on my hands then i carefully place them on the floor and do my feets. doing the hands is really a pain, you just have to sit there for like 20-25 min...
but the feet are ok, it tingles less and you can do stuff like read the newspaper or flip channels on the tv!

iDShaDoW · Newbie User Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 93

Haha yea, the hands are definitely a bigger pain to do.

I tend to feel the current more with my hands, plus I can't scratch my nose or shoulder or whatever if something starts itching.

PlaceboEffect · Newbie User Joined: Jun 30, 2008 Posts: 45

I did an experiment with my feet and I did iontophoresis 3 times per day.

It worked and after 3 days I'm 90% dry. I'd probably need 3 more sessions (1 more day at this rate) to be completely dry, but I'll only do 2 more because I've noticed that I don't like my palms if they are 100% dry.

The only difference is that now as I was doing 3 sessions the skin on the feet became more sensitive to iontophoresis and at times I felt as if they were in relatively hot water even though I am using cold water.

So because of that I advise against doing it 3 times per day unless it's really urgent.
2 times per day is max.

iDShaDoW · Newbie User Joined: Oct 22, 2007 Posts: 93

Seems to be working. I only managed to get in about 5 or 6 days worth of treament over the span of 7 or 8 days though.

Yesterday was driving a friend to court, it was really hot outside and fairly humid which normally kicks in the HH. I could feel the sweat coming on but managed to keep it going fullblown. I mainly felt a bit of sweat on my fingertips.

My chest and back were sweating a bit though. Also my arms and legs were a little too. Love how my armpits weren't even sweating noticeably compared to my back lol.

Going to go to the beach in a week and a half or so before the summer ends so I'm gonna try and do hands once a day and feet twice a day and see what kind of results I get for when I go out in the sun and try and tan my pale ass (this computer monitor tan isn't cutting it anymore lol).