Can I permanently stop excess sweating on chest, back, and shoulders? Would miraDry work for these areas?

Hi smithmrtt8

miraDry is an effective and guaranteed treatment for the reduction of excessive underarm sweating. Average reduction in underarm sweating exceeds 80% per patient. Areas that can’t be treated are hands, feet, or forehead. Including chest, back and shoulder. To learn more about this procedure, please visit our website.

Miradry can treat only the underarm area and states that it's 80-85% effective. Some clients need an additional treatment several months later. It is not approved for use in any other areas of the body at this time.

no you cannot, you can get specific neurological surgery but that can cause many other side effects. I suggest seeing an expert for evaluation. small areas can get botox or miradry (which I dont find that good a treatment).  Best, Dr. Emer.

Sorry you are going through a tough time with excessive sweating! MiraDry is only used for the underarms, but we do get questions about other areas all the time. Hopefully someday there will be areas other than the underarms, or axillae, that can be treated, as it is a really wonderful treatment for long term reduction of underarm sweat, odor and hair. Ask your dermatologist about other options including iontopheresis and a medication called Robinul that might help with other areas of the body that have excessive sweating. Unfortunately these are not permanent solutions, but might help in some capacity. Best of luck!

Hi- miraDry is only intended for the underarms at the moment. But who knows- perhaps in the future we will have other placement options.