Hi everyone, I’m Sydney and I have Hyperhidrosis.
Hyperhidrosis is pretty much just someone that has excessive sweat in a given area of their body.
So I sweat pretty much all the time but it gets way worse when I’m nervous and I’m
super nervous to be on camera right now.
So I’m actually extremely worried that it’s going to be disgusting in a couple minutes.
It’s really bad.
Yeah.
It definitely impacts my self-esteem.
I find it really embarrassing honestly.
I’m super excited to be getting the MiraDry treatment and dealing with my sweat situation forever.
I’m willing to do anything to not have to deal with this anymore.
Hi my name is Dr. Robert Anolik and I am board certified dermatologist here in New York City
at the Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York.
So the MiraDry procedure is an exciting new approach to treat unwanted sweating in the armpits.
It uses energy actually in the form of microwave which sounds wild but we can safely apply
that to the skin’s surface to reduce the number of sweat glands in the what we call
“axilla,” or commonly known as the armpit.
Hi, I am walking to the appointment right now and I’m really excited.
I’m super excited to talk to the doctor and feel more comfortable and then be done with sweat forever.
Okay, I was just given my very pretty gown to put on and I’m about to go into my procedure.
I’m still really excited, I know that we’re starting with some numbing and then we’ll
actually do the needles so I’m still not really nervous.
I guess this is kind of a fun way to do it with a bunch of people around so I will talk
to you guys on the other side.
So we schedule patients to come in and they’re comfortably positioned on the exam table.
We mark out the area where the majority of the sweating occurs which is typically where
the hair is growing.
We can easily map out the area and then inject lidocaine, which is a numbing medicine, to
make the procedure painless.
This is what we call the biotip.
So we’ll apply it to the machine and we'll pass this over your skin surface.
We pass it many times over the area on one armpit and then we switch to the other.
When the treatment is done, the area typically feels still numb until later in the day where
it can start to become a bit sore and a little bit tender.
When I was going on job interviews I found that to be particularly bad.
I was just super nervous and I also had to wear a nice long sleeve tight button down shirt.
All I wanted to do was to go in and be the most confident version of myself,
which I couldn’t do because I was dripping in sweat.
The effect of these treatments should be for many years.
MiraDry technology is right now only used in the underarm.
Of course we’re exploring options for using it in other areas because we’re curious.
It’s not just used for sweat reduction, sometimes we use it to reduce hair as well.
Almost everybody who does this notices some reduction in hair under their arm after the treatment.
Women love that and men don’t care.
So we’re just about done.
You’ve done wonderfully.
I do expect, like we discussed, you’ll have a little soreness, a little tenderness, just
for a few days under the arm.
Great job.
Thank you.
Congratulations.
Woo!
It’s a very straightforward experience and the sweating should immediately become reduced.
So I am about 12 hours into post-procedure
and I’m in some pretty bad pain, but I know it’s to be expected.
My armpits are super swollen.
I can feel that they’re huge.
I don’t even know how to describe it.
It feels like there’s something in it.
They’re also really hot to the touch but no sweat, so that’s cool.
Day 2.
Post surgery.
I’m actually feeling okay.
I didn’t sleep so great last night because I was in a lot of pain.
This one is doing pretty well.
You can see all the shots that were put in for the numbing, that’s what all the red
marks are but other than that it’s kind of fine.
This is another story.
This one’s kinda bad.
So again the red dots but then there’s like some bruising.
This one is really swollen.
Okay so it has now been about three days with my new armpits and I have a job interview today.
This shirt is literally what my nightmares are made of.
Once it gets a little bit wet it kind of travels, so I’m trying it again.
But over the past few days I haven’t had any issues at all.
I haven’t been sweating at all, which is wild.
This is after running today.
Nothing!
Either side.
So that’s pretty awesome.
So it has now been a little over a week since getting my procedure done.
I can’t wait to go out for the first time and wear a shirt like this.
Something that’s tight and has sleeves and not have to worry about enjoying the time
with my friends because I’m self-conscious about lifting up my arms.
I can do whatever I want just like everyone else, and I'll be fine and it really
feels like it has changed how I’m going to be able to go through my life day-to-day,
which is amazing.