My First MiraDry Procedure - Colts Neck, NJ

I have suffered with hyperhidrosis for as long as I can remember. I learned at a very young age, maybe 12 or 13, that T-Shirts and light colored tops were a HUGE no-no. As soon as I was old enough to understand that this was a problem, I looked for a solution. I've used every deodorant that's ever been made, I've been prescribed two different deodorants, and nothing has worked. People that don't have hyperhidrosis have no idea what it's like. You're always self conscious of your arm area, worried about sweat marks, worried about smelling, and extremely uncomfortable when you're sitting in a wet shirt. The other day I was flipping through an old cosmopolitan magazine (it was September 2014, I think) and found a page that talked about sweating in different areas (your scalp, your face, your underarms, your legs) and at the bottom it said that if you sweat excessively you may have hyperhidrosis (I already knew I had this). Then it said that you may want to consider botox (which I knew was an option) or miraDry. MiraDry?! What is this?!?! I googled it and IMMEDIATELY knew that I needed it. I found a doctor in my area that performed the procedure, and booked a consultation that same week. After the consultation I booked a day for the procedure, the next week. Which also happens to be today!

So here is how my procedure went (this is gonna be long):
I went in to the office, my appointment was at 10AM and they brought me back to a room. The medical assistant measured my armpit (which I was very self conscious of because I was told not to wear deodorant and at this point, my pits were pretty wet) and then put the stencil on it. The stencil was used so the doctor knew where to inject the anesthesia. The medical assistant told me that would be the most uncomfortable part of the procedure. Then the doctor came in and started injecting the local anesthetic. They said the were doing 18 shots on each arm but it honestly felt more like 25-30. It really wasn't painful at all, just little pinches. It was just a very weird feeling for me. The idea of a local anesthetic freaks me out because the thought of not being able to feel one of my body parts is just scary (I'm a control freak, hahaha). Half way thru him injecting me, I got super dizzy and had intense anxiety, so the medical assistant got me some water and a lollipop, because they said my blood sugar was probably low. Silly me, I didn't eat before the procedure, so take this as a warning: EAT BEFORE!!!!! After he did both of my armpits, the doctor left and the medical assistant began the procedure. I didn't feel anything when she put the little suction cup on me. The only time I felt pain was towards the bottom of my armpit. I guess there wasn't enough anesthesia (I made a mental note to tell the doctor to put more on the lower part of my armpit for my second treatment). This pain was more of a burning, it only lasted like 5 seconds, but honestly, it was pretty bad. But it only happened twice on my right arm, didn't happen at all on my left. Afterwards, she gave me frozen water bottles to put under my arms to ice them, which is a smart idea because they fit perfectly. My whole body was a little shaky, which they said was normal, and my arms were tingling.

It's now 2:00 PM, about 3 hours after my procedure. The anesthesia has already worn off. I've been icing a total of 2.5 hours. They really stressed how important icing is because it will help with the swelling. I took some motrin (they said it was okay instead of tylenol, tylenol doesn't really have much of an effect on me). My armpits feel very tight, almost like I worked out and I'm sore. I also feel like there's a lump on my arm, almost like I'm holding something there. Hahah, very odd, but really not much pain. I will try to update in a couple days. I hope this review helps because I read so many reviews on here which played a huge role in me deciding to go ahead and get this procedure.

It's now been 6 days since my procedure. The day after my procedure was definitely the worst as far as swelling goes; it looked like I gained 15 pounds just in that area and I couldn't put my arms down to my side. However, I iced the entire day of the procedure and the next day. So come the third day, the swelling wasn't horrible. My swelling has gone down, now my arm pits are "lumpy". Sometimes if I move my arms in a certain direction or press down on the lump, it feels like one of my nerves are being pulled. I'm assuming that's normal. Also, some areas are still numb. Besides that, i would say my procedure went really well.

As far as sweating goes, I haven't sweat at all. There was one day at work (about 4 days after the procedure) where I was running around. My armpits were damp, but definitely not enough to leave any type of sweat mark or stain. I also haven't noticed any smell like I used to. I applied deodorant for the first time 5 days after the procedure, but I used the aerosol spray because I was scared to put a solid one on. I have experience "phantom sweats" as many people have reported on here: it felt like I had sweat dripping down the back of my arm but when I checked, there was nothing!

I'm now three days post treatment and I'm doing great! My armpits are still a little lumpy, but not nearly as much as they were. They have gone down so much that I don't think another person would even see the "lumps". The parts that are lumpy are also a little numb, but I'm not too concerned about that.

My sweating has decreased DRAMATICALLY. Coming from a girl who would put on a shirt, walk to the kitchen and be dripping sweat, I'm barely sweating now. I even worked out last night (2 miles on an elliptical) and hardly sweat at all! I'm in shock and seriously can't wait for my second procedure because I can't even imagine how amazing it will be after the second one. I'm able to wear things I would have never even considered wearing before I had the miradry treatment. It's life changing. I still get a little smell though, so I wear deodorant every day. I'm hoping maybe the second treatment will get rid of the smell. If not, that is okay, because I can deal with a normal smell!

Any doubts I had about miradry have disappeared from my mind and I've been recommending it to so many people. Seriously, this is amazing.