"Project: Sweat Free"
Allergan, Inc. has partnered with fashion designer Kara Saun ("Project Runway") and GenArt Fresh Faces in Fashion on a public health campaign called "Project: Sweat Free," designed to raise awareness about excessive underarm sweating, the effect that it can have on women's fashion choices, and available treatment options that can help women manage their severe underarm sweating.
For women with excessive underarm sweating, the most common complaint is that they do not have the freedom to wear the clothes that they would like to wear, and that they must dress to accommodate their sweating. For example, they wear only black or dark colors so that sweat stains don't show, avoid silk at all costs, dress in loose clothing and are reluctant to buy fashionable clothes because they could be ruined after one wearing.
For anyone who suffers from it, extreme underarm sweating can be embarrassing and uncomfortable and even anxiety-inducing. Still, many people that sweat excessively do not even realize that they have a treatable medical condition, or they are too embarrassed to talk to a physician about it, allowing their excessive underarm sweating to go undiagnosed and untreated.
The good news is that excessive underarm sweating can be treated by a visit to an experienced dermatologist, who can discuss treatment options that may vary according to the severity of the condition.
A number of different treatments and products are available to help people with severe underarm sweating.
BOTOX® (Botulinum Toxin Type A) is FDA-approved for the treatment of severe underarm sweating that is inadequately managed with topical agents. BOTOX® helps control this condition by temporarily blocking the chemical signals from the nerves that stimulate the sweat glands. When the sweat glands don't receive chemical signals, the severe underarm sweating stops.
