Body, sweat and veins / TREATMENT GUIDE
Sweat gland treatment (microwave thermolysis)
An applicator heats and destroys underarm sweat glands with microwave energy while cooling the skin, reducing sweat and odour for good.
- Appointment
- 60 minutes
- Typical social recovery
- A few days
- When results may appear
- Immediate reduction, improving at 3 months
- How long they may last
- Permanent
- Typical course
- 1 to 2
- Relative cost
- $$ · Higher relative cost
Ranges vary by person, product, area and technique. Cost symbols are editorial comparisons—not quotes. Ask for the full course and follow-up cost.
How it works
Sweat glands sit where the dermis meets the fat, and the energy concentrates there. Destroyed glands do not grow back.
Four illustrative steps. Select a step to highlight it; the optional anatomy view explains the same mechanism.
Recovery, in practical terms
Swelling and soreness for several days, numbness for weeks.
What it can feel like: Local anaesthetic. Sore afterward.
What people discuss
Underarm sweating that bothers you, or medical hyperhidrosis.
Reasons to pause
A pacemaker, oxygen therapy, pregnancy.
This list is not exhaustive. A clinician must assess your health, medications, skin and goals.
Risks worth understanding
- Swelling and numbness
- Rare nerve irritation in the arm
Ask your clinician
- Wrinkle-relaxer injections or this for my sweating?
Sources, approval context & editorial limits
Authorization is specific to the device, product and body area.
Sources support regulatory and safety context; not every efficacy claim or range has been independently verified.
Educational information, not medical advice or a personal recommendation. Independent clinical review is pending. A qualified clinician must assess individual suitability. Timings, relative costs and visuals are illustrative, not guarantees.
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