Stop the Sweat Drip

Do you have 2 million or do you have 24 million sweat glands? Some of us actually have fewer than others, so the amount you glisten in the sun will vary! Either way, we can actually produce up to 10 liters of sweat a day. Impressive. It's necessary to have bacteria around to product the odors we think of as associated with our sweat. We do swat salt with our water, but actually the ducts in the sweat glands reabsorbs most of the salt, so we don't loose enough to be dangerous, on a typical day. There are three cell types, the clear, the mucoid and the myoepithelial ones. Being dehydrated will decrease your sweating but that is not a pleasant or healthy way to do it. Not moving much and of course being cool with air conditioning or in a pool will decrease the amount you perspire. There are medical grade antiperspirants that will help with this also. For when that won't work you can use Botox. The ingredient in Botox which is Botulinum toxin prevents the actylcholine release and it's what is usually secreted in response to sympathetic nerves. This can be used under your arms, in the groin area, on the forehead or on the palms to decrease sweating. The most common use of Botox for decreasing sweating is under the arms, which is very effective, and only has to be repeated every 6-12 months for most individual. Risks and side effects can be discussed with your provider at your next visit.

Glistening Smiles are Beyond Just Thermoregulation

Feel your forehead, is it dry, lick your lips, are they dry, feel the back of your neck, dry as well? Then drink a long glass of plain water, and when your done with that, set this blog to speed dial as healthy skin needs to be hydrated, and our mission will be to teach you that to Glisten is to Glow. And that there is an entire science behind maintaining renewed skin that focuses on the youthful fullness of retained hydration.. It takes good health, proper circulation through rest, exercise and yes, even massage. It takes appropriate banishment of damaging free radicals and protection against the glare of the sun. A bit of spritz or spray to the face can help the hydration as well. Even the natural glow of that which we so often work to ban: perspiration. While it may bother you to perspire when nervous or stressed, it is not, by definition, a psychological disorder. Sweating in fact helps us thermoregulate, or control our temperature. Other responses or physiologic to the consumption of certain types of foods. Spicy foods for instance naturally cause sweating around the lips and nose and forehead.