Can Miradry Develop Compensatory Sweating or Increasing Sweating in Others Parts of the Body ?

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MiraDry and compensatory sweating

Only one case of secondary sweating, also known as compensatory hyperhidrosis, has been reported out of the thousands of miraDry procedures performed to date. Given the nature of the miraDry procedure, which uses microwave technology to non-invasively eliminate sweat glands, as opposed to invasive surgical procedures that sever nerve connections, compensatory hyperhidrosis is a highly unlikely and very rare event with miraDry.

Compensatory sweating with miraDry has been seen in at least 1 patient

We are aware of at least 1 case reported to the company (Miramar) about compensatory sweating in a patient who had the miraDry procedure by a physician in NY City. I have taken care of hyperhidrosis patients since 1999 in a comprehensive Center for Exessive Sweating and provide every type of treatment for hyperhidrosis. I have seen patients develop compensatory sweating with the use of Hypercare (rare, but it does happen). I have seen patients develop compensatory sweating with Botox... more

Compensatory sweating with MiraDry

There are no studies showing increased compensatory sweating as has been reported with surgical sympathectomy. I have traditionally done a surgical axillary sweat gland removal using an endoscopic shaving technique, and there is no compensatory sweating using this modality since I am destroying the sweat glands. The same is true for MiraDry which uses microwave energy to destroy the sweat glands.

We have not seen compensatory sweating from miradry

Compensatory sweating from miradry has not been reported. But one needs to keep in mind that we do not have five or ten year data available. I have actually treated compensatory sweating in one patient who developed it in the armpits after surgery, successfully through the miradry procedure. I would guess that this side effect, if it happens at all, would be extremely rare. see video

Probably not

Since this is a localized treatment, it is unlikely that it can cause compensatory sweating. We have not seen any in the patients we've treated so far.

Compensatory sweating after miraDry is extremely rare

Compensatory sweating after miraDry is extremely rare. Your body contains four-million sweat glands with only about two percent located in the underarms. Eliminating the majority of this two percent will not affect the body's ability to cool itself.

We have not seen much compensatory sweating after miraDry treatments.

With three years of experience using miraDry, we have not seen much compensatory sweating after these sweat reduction treatments. This is similar to the response to other hyperhidrosis treatments such as Botox or liposuction.