Excessive sweating and hyperhidrosis typically sets in during adolescence, menopause, obesity and pregnancy. Hyperhidrosis is associated with an overactive sympathetic nervous system and causes the release of hormones which trigger the activation of sweat glands. Excessive sweating and perspiration may continue throughout the patient's life or it may be temporary. The causes of perspiration problems may be secondary to such an overactive sympathetic nervous system or it may be simply what physicians call "idiopathic" or primary hyperhidrosis where there is no known cause.

Sweating, excessive sweating and hyperhidrosis of the armpits is the most treatable form of excessive sweatng to be treated with Maxim® or Maxim® Sensitive. This is because the armpits contain apocrine sweat glands, which are located near the surface of the skin. The pubic region contains the same apocrine sweat glands. The hands, face and feet however contain eccrine sweat glands and are located deeper within the skin and can be harder to penetrate than the apocrine glands. The success rate of perspiration control in the armpits is roughly 95-98% with our stronger Maxim® formula and roughly 90% with our milder Maxim® Sensitive formula. The success rate for treating hyperidrosis of the hands and feet is probably 50%. Facial sweating can be controlled fairly well with either product.

Sweating and cooling - Sweating is required for body cooling. The body contains approximately 2,700 square inches skin on which to sweat. The armpits only contain approximately 10 square inches of skin. Most of the sweat glands are located in the palms. The sweat evaporates off the body's skin causing cooling. When the body sweats too much, cooling becomes a problem. Using Maxim® or Maxim® Sensitive will stop the sweating in the armpits, which will not affect the body's thermoregulatory system.

Hyperhidrosis and excessive sweating control in the armpits may cause some minor compensatory sweating in other regions such as the stomach or back. Any CS will be very minor if any and will stop once the product is discontinued.

Surgical methods to eliminate sweating and hyperhidrosis have been known to cause severe irreversible compensatory sweating in the stomach, rear end, legs and back. The hands become dry as paper and can become severely cracked and chafed. Surgery should be considered only after every non-surgical means is evaluated and if your life is drastically affected negatively.

Sweating and hyperhidrosis treatments - Maxim® Sensitive is shipped to every country in the world. We ship Monday through Friday. Your order will be shipped the day of your purchase provided you place your order by noon central time (USA).