Axillary hyperhidrosis: surgical cure with aesthetic scars.
By using a technique in which the hair-bearing skin of the axilla is undermined through three small incisions the eccrine glands can be methodically removed. The resulting scarring is minimal and is aesthetically acceptable. In a series of 25 patients (50 axillae) 23 were totally cured of their hyperhidrosis. The remaining 2 patients were sufficiently improved not to require any further treatment. The technique may be undertaken under either local or general anaesthesia.
D001365:Axilla / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006941:Hyperesthesia / Q000209:etiology; D006945:Hyperhidrosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications