Are you one of the people experiencing cranial hyperhidrosis or excessive head sweating? Although excessive head sweating does not come with pain, it can still hinder you from living a normal life. And looking for the right type of treatment for cranial hyperhidrosis can get confusing because of the many options.
Cranial hyperhidrosis or [excessiveheavy] sweating is a condition caused by a malfunction in the nervous system. Although the exact process of the dysfunction is unknown, persons with primary cranial hyperhidrosis are considered healthy people. This condition is considered serious if it is secondary to illnesses like Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, heart failure, stroke, and many more.
Some people who have cranial hyperhidrosis will do anything in their power to get rid of the extreme sweating while others choose to just live with it. If you choose to have it treated, you must know that you have to choose among a variety of treatment methods like antiperspirants, anticholinergic agents, surgery, and botox injections, and many more.
Every treatment method has advantages and disadvantages that someone with cranial hyperhidrosis must look into. Here are important factors that you must consider in deciding for the right treatment option for you.
Every treatment option has its own established side effects. You have to decide whether you can tolerate the different harsh effects or not. For example, the some of the common side effects of taking anticholinergic medications are rashes, nausea, diarrhea, and more. The established [sidadverse] effects of Botox injections are headache, flu-like symptoms, facial pain, muscle weakness, nausea, double vision, and many more.
Second, you have to consider the varying duration of effectiveness for every treatment method. Because every treatment has a varied duration of effectiveness, you have to look into the long-term and short-term results. For example, the effectiveness of botox injections last in four months. This means that after four months, your cranial hyperhidrosis will be back and you need to get more injections to treat it. So far, the longest duration of efficacy is with surgery but this is only recommended by doctors as a last resort to patients who have tried other treatment methods but to no avail.
Third, you have to look into all the possible complications that may arise from every treatment method. Botox injections, if not done properly, may cause asymmetrical features. There are various complications that may probably happen after a surgical procedure plus the probability of developing compensatory sweating. Some people who chose surgery as a treatment method experienced compensatory sweating and they were sorry for having chosen it. On the other hand, other patients still thought that no hyperhidrosis was better than having compensatory sweating.
The examples above show that treatment for cranial hyperhidrosis have varying advantages and disadvantages. Before making the decision on what treatment method to use, think about the advantages and disadvantages first.










