I had MiraDry done on the highest setting 3 days ago and now my arms are massive. Extremely HUGE! I'm so upset because I had a lower body lift and breast lift 2 months ago with minimal swelling, and I looked amazing. My arms weren't tiny before but definitely not very big either. Now I look and feel absolutely horrible with my massive arms, armspits, and upper sides. I'm extremes worried about this. How long will it take to go down and are my arms now going to really hang after? Please help.
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Hello, here are some treatments you can use. There are a variety of techniques to decrease sweating:
Botox- Botox is helpful in that it can decrease the production of sweat but not odor. It typically lasts about 6 months in the under arm area.
Miradry- Miradry uses microwave energy to dest...
I'm sorry about your pain and experience so far with MiraDry. Generally speaking, pain is not too bad with this procedure, but I do like to prescribe Celebrex for a lot of my patients. One treatment should reduce 75 to 82 % of the sweating and you may need additional treatments to get drier....
Any axillary lump should be evaluated to make sure it isn’t something entirely unrelated, like a swollen lymph node (gland). This would be unrelated to the treatment, but very important to investigate. If the lump (we call it a “nodule”) is indeed a result of the treatment, you’ll have had it ...
