Sweat is New to Me - Bismarck, ND

It's been a month since my MiraDry procedure and I couldn't be happier. I haven't used deodorant and i haven't had any odor at all. On one very hot day I did have a little moisture under my left arm only, but it wasn't anything that even made my shirt wet. I've had a few panic attacks since the procedure (they started after a car accident six months ago) but my underarms stayed dry, which is amazing!

My underarms are still numb and there are a couple of small lumps (not painful) that can be felt by palpating but can't be seen. Believe me, I checked in the mirror. It did take up until now, one full month, to get to a point where I would have been comfortable wearing a sleeveless shirt, so that's something to consider before having the procedure done. I wouldn't have been happy if I would have done the procedure in the summer because of not being able to wear sleeveless shirts without being self conscious. But remember that I don't have hyperhydrosis, so if you do, that might be worth it to not sweat even if you couldn't wear a tank top for a while.

One other benefit of my MiraDry has been that I have very little underarm hair now and what I do have seems to grow slowly. I'm only shaving my underarms once every two weeks! When I started this blog I said I was "undecided" if it was worth it, but I would definitely change that to absolutely "worth it" now. The spa I had the procedure done at charges $1850 but I was able to get mine for just $1350 because I took advantage of their introductory offer. What a bargain!

I'm two days post procedure and I feel no pain at all I do have some lumpiness under my arms and some minimal bruising that doesn't hurt. I followed the instructions and iced 20 minutes every hour for the first 24 hours and I began taking the prescribed prednisone them or IHG of the procedure. I will finish that prescription today. I also took two Aleve this morning, not because I have pain, but because it's a great anti inflammatory. I will continue to take the Aleve until I'm a week post procedure. I think I'm feeling so good because I strictly followed the recommendations and also because I've limited my activity to only work related tasks. I had to lift my arms going through airport security just 10 hours after the procedure and was a little worried about t, but it was totally painless. Another thing I did was to plan to not have to wash and style my crazy, Wild Irish hair the Mir Inc after the procedure. This kept me from having to home my arms up for more than 30 minutes. I'm so excited to not b putting harsh chemicals under my arms, which we all know enter our bodies and do...who knows what to us! I'm also looking forward to being able to wear white again. Since the accident and subsequent panic attacks, I noticed ugly yellow stains from sweating after those panic attacks. The stains were impossible to wash out and I've ended up throwing away most of my white blouses. I can't wait to wear a nice white blouse to work again! I will try to post two pictures that I took this morning in another update.