krazyj
Member
Hi all,
After doing much research on my own, I came across some interesting studies that I figured would be of benefit to the community.
According to one study, lower pH iontophoresis baths induced a better inhibition of sweat than higher pH baths.
What does this mean?
-The suggestion offered by many doctors about adding salt and baking soda to iontophoresis baths to improve conductivity is wrong. In fact, according to this study, it will decrease the effectiveness of your iontophoresis sessions (both raise pH and make the water more alkaline)!
-In fact, the ideal iontophoresis bath is that of distilled water at a pH of 4 using ONLY anodal current with a current distribution of 0.2mA/cm^2. Such a treatment was shown to reduce the relative pore number from 100% to 0% in 10 sessions (at once per day).
This study also suggests that adding silicon grease or Vasoline to the palms to treated areas will improve efficacy. Yes, this is totally paradoxical and not what you would imagine or what your doctors would tell you. But I would not suggest trying this! I attempted to do this a few times and it resulted the accumulation of painful sores each time. Something about the electrical properties of the way iontophoresis works meant that the current would focus on, what I assume to be, points of least resistance (so wherever the vasoline is the thinnest) and this intense focusing of current would produce sores.
The best way I've found to alter the pH of the water I use is to use muriatic acid which you can pickup at your local hardware store. This is used in pools to control the pH. As such, you only need a small amount! In my custom-made 1 gallon baths, I require only a few drops to drop the pH very low. I am using those pH strips you'd find in a chemistry classroom (these) to measure the pH but these aren't proving to be completely accurate. Any suggestions on this would be appreciated.
Anyways... let's be vocal about this. Anyone who attempts to incorporate these methods into their treatments, please post back with some metrics and results from your trials.
Best of luck, everyone.
The fulltext for the study is available here and the PubMed page for the study is available here.
After doing much research on my own, I came across some interesting studies that I figured would be of benefit to the community.
According to one study, lower pH iontophoresis baths induced a better inhibition of sweat than higher pH baths.
What does this mean?
-The suggestion offered by many doctors about adding salt and baking soda to iontophoresis baths to improve conductivity is wrong. In fact, according to this study, it will decrease the effectiveness of your iontophoresis sessions (both raise pH and make the water more alkaline)!
-In fact, the ideal iontophoresis bath is that of distilled water at a pH of 4 using ONLY anodal current with a current distribution of 0.2mA/cm^2. Such a treatment was shown to reduce the relative pore number from 100% to 0% in 10 sessions (at once per day).
This study also suggests that adding silicon grease or Vasoline to the palms to treated areas will improve efficacy. Yes, this is totally paradoxical and not what you would imagine or what your doctors would tell you. But I would not suggest trying this! I attempted to do this a few times and it resulted the accumulation of painful sores each time. Something about the electrical properties of the way iontophoresis works meant that the current would focus on, what I assume to be, points of least resistance (so wherever the vasoline is the thinnest) and this intense focusing of current would produce sores.
The best way I've found to alter the pH of the water I use is to use muriatic acid which you can pickup at your local hardware store. This is used in pools to control the pH. As such, you only need a small amount! In my custom-made 1 gallon baths, I require only a few drops to drop the pH very low. I am using those pH strips you'd find in a chemistry classroom (these) to measure the pH but these aren't proving to be completely accurate. Any suggestions on this would be appreciated.
Anyways... let's be vocal about this. Anyone who attempts to incorporate these methods into their treatments, please post back with some metrics and results from your trials.
Best of luck, everyone.
The fulltext for the study is available here and the PubMed page for the study is available here.
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