Laser Sweat
Ablation - LSA
- Cure for underarm
sweating (axillary hyperhidrosis)
Excessive underarm sweating - or
"Axillary Hyperhidrosis" - causes considerable embarrassment. In some
people it affects their live so much that they start to avoid certain
clothes, certain events - and even going out at all.
Up
until recently there was little on offer to permanently stop this
condition.
In
March 2009, Mr Mark Whiteley, a Consultant Surgeon in Guildford,
introduced a new operation called "Laser Sweat Ablation" into the UK .
Laser
Sweat Ablation - or LSA - is a local anaesthetic procedure which
destroys the sweat glands in the skin using a laser. Taking about 90
minutes in total, Mr Whiteley marks out the area to be treated using
an iodine sweat test, then injects local anaesthetic to totally numb
the skin.
Once
numb, the laser is used to destroy the sweat glands and the tissue
removed with suction.
A
compression jacket is worn for 2 day and nights, and most people are
getting back to work 3 days after the operation - some even sooner.
Laser sweat ablation costs £3,500 in
total - the operation itself is £3,000 but the consultation, sweat
test, follow-ups and follow up sweat tests are rolled into one package
price of £500.
Useful links to look up about Laser
Sweat Ablation:
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