Reduce Problems of Excess Armpit Sweating

The problem of excessive armpit sweating is a constant and continuous problem and leads to situations wherein we may start avoiding to attend social events all together in order to avoid the embarrassment caused by wet and smelly armpits. This behavior often leads us to a restrictive kind of a lifestyle because we avoid certain activities, foods and environments so as to spare ourselves the embarrassment.

It is important to understand that the situation of sweaty armpits is usually attributed to overactive sweat glands that either be hereditary or developed over time. People including your friends and family might not see it as a medical problem and hence it is difficult to share the problem with either of them. In some cases where the affected person shares the problem with either friends or family, he or she does not usually get a co-operative response and they are often asked to maintain proper hygiene which sure is necessary but in such cases not the actual reason for the existing situation.

People often end up trying all kinds of deodorants to more specialized antiperspirants as an answer to their sweaty armpit problem. However, these products are meant for people who sweat regularly under conditions of heat or humidity or even physical exercise. These products are not meant for people suffering from excessive armpit sweating and hence may not necessarily provide quick positive results.

If these antiperspirants do not work well enough for you, you can actually get something stronger which is the active ingredient within the antiperspirants anyway. This ingredient is called Aluminum Chloride, but is only applied in minute amounts in the antiperspirants. You can actually get this ingredient at the pharmacy in stronger, but safe doses. If this does not work or is too messy for you, you can visit the doctor and get a longer lasting solution that is less messy. This will work by temporarily disabling the sweat glands for a few months. Usually a period of 4-6, may last more or less time if the disabling injection is administered in other places other than the armpits.

Besides, people also prefer to consult their dietician in order to change their dietary habits. A change in the dietary habits can work wonders on your sweaty armpit problem. For example by avoiding or reducing the usage of pungent food in your diet, you can actually avoid body odor in cases of conditions of excessive armpit sweating. By pungent foods, we mean foods which are hot and spicy by their inherent nature. These set of pungent food include foods like onions, garlic, spices, etc. The smell of this food is what creates body odor and thus create instances of embarrassment. Try and consume food which cools your body like mint, etc. Mint and such other foods also work best in maintaining your body temperatures and hence controlling the anxiety levels.