Is there a need for separate procedures to treat different areas of excessive sweating?
Sympathetic surgery has developed and improved over the last several years. As stated in other parts of this website, excessive hand sweating is best treated with ETS, which might also help with excessive armpit sweating. Unfortunately sweaty feet (plantar hyperhidrosis) is not improved as much with ETS. For sweaty feet the appropriate procedure today is lumbar sympathectomy. For isolated excessive armpit sweating axillary suction currettage is recommended. Ultimately every patients situation is different and discussion with a surgeon is required.
