miraDry: Q&A
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MiraDry Is Effective for Both Underarm Sweating and Odor
Dear rasap,
miraDry uses electromagnetic energy to heat up and destroy both eccrine and apocrine sweat glands of the underarm. miraDry is effective for treating both excessive underarm sweating and odor.
Warmest wishes,
Larry Fan, MD
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MiraDry and Apocrine glands
The miraDry procedure utilizes microwave technology to selectively target and eliminate sweat glands in the armpits by focusing electromagnetic waves at a specific level in the body where sweat glands are located. MiraDry is able to eliminate both eccrine (normal sweat) apocrine ("smelly" sweat) glands. An added benefit of the miraDry procedure is that patients may see decreased hair growth in treated areas as sweat glands are typically seen in association with hair follicles.
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MiraDry destroys apocrine glands (and accompanying odor)
MiraDry uses microwave technology to destroy eccrine (sweat) and apocrine (odor-producing) glands in the treated areas. Sometimes hair follicles are also destroyed. In Asia, miraDry is used mainly to reduce odor, rather than to reduce wetness. It works well for this purpose.
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MiraDry eliminates odor via apocrine glands - miraDry for bromhidrosis
MiraDry is the only studied procedure that has been shown to eliminate bromhidrosis. It is of course also FDA approved to treat hyperhidrosis.
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MiraDry eliminates both odor and wetness of sweat
MiraDry definitely destroys both apocrine and eccrine glands. When humans sweat, we secrete two types of liquid. Eccrine glands produce the wetness of sweat, apocrine glands the odor of sweat. Botox injections can eliminate the wetness, but not the odor. MiraDry is the only FDA approved treatment that eliminates both the odor (apocrine) and the wetness (eccrine) components of underarm sweating.
New data from Canada is also extremely promising. This data shows...
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