What are the affects of miraDry and sweating in other places after the procedure?

Compensatory sweating (sweating more elsewhere) is uncommon post MiraDry procedure.  You do not need sweat glands in your armpits. You are born with approximately 2 million sweat glands throughout your body.  Your underarms only contain 2% of those sweat glands.  Since your underarms contain only about 2% of the sweat glands within the entire body, you will continue to sweat naturally elsewhere.  MiraDry is a great option for permanent elimination of sweat glands and odor glands.  Good Luck!

Thanks for your inquiry. MiraDry will affect only the underarm area and will lead to normal sweating in other parts of the body. Overall, only 2 % of the sweat glans live in the underarm and so there's little compensatory sweating. Best, Dr. ALDO

The underarms make up only about 2% of the sweat glands on the body.  With Botox and miraDry, you should not have increased compensatory sweating in other areas of the body.  Sweating is used for thermoregulation of the body.  Sweat does not have to come out.  There are many people that don't really sweat at all and don't ever wear antiperspirant.  They are completely fine and healthy.  

Compensatory sweating is most likely after thoracic sympathectomy.It has rarely been observed after miraDry or Botox for underarm sweating.I am aware of only 3 cases posted on this site from patients who have had miraDry.In our practice, 90% of our patients require only a SINGLE miraDry session.
1st session is $1500.
if you need  second or third, it is only $1000 per session for our patients. 
No one said it lasts only 2 years. I don't know where you got this information.
One session of miraDry costs as much as one session of Botox, which only lasts 3 months. 
H Karamanoukian MD FACS

Platinum Plus Provider for miraDry since May 2011
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The sweat glands in the axilla account for approximately 2 % of the total body. Therefore, you will NOT compensatorily increase sweat production in other areas of the body nor will it affect your ability to cool yourself.  Best wishes,Dr. Ravi Somayazula