I just want to relay my personal experience with Botox for sweating.

Luckily for me, I'm not a particularly sweaty person , but early last year at one of our regular staff conferences, we needed a volunteer for a demonstration of the technique of Botox to the underarms.

As one of the founders of Caci, over the years I have often been the subject of testing and practising. My underarms (and other areas) have already been used many times for students learning laser hair removal, so I have no under arm hair - but that's another story.

Anyway back to perspiration. Inevitably, my underarms were the ones practiced on for the Botox, and the outcome was surprising to me. It's really not particularly uncomfortable to have it done. The odd injection makes you jump but most are very bearable. The thing that surprised me was what a difference it made for me even though sweating hadn't been a problem for me.

I recall at first being amazed that I could go for a brisk 1 hour walk in the morning and come home with dry underarms. And that is still the case, over a year later. Recently, in some situations I have started to perspire a small amount. Most people with hyperhydrosis (excessive sweating) find that they need reatreating 7 to 9 months later.

The other surprising thing is that most of my shirts and dresses don't need washing each time I wear them. They have no body odour, even in summer after a day of wearing with no deodorant.

Underarm treatment with Botox does take a reasonable amount of the medicine - about enough to treat 5 foreheads. So its not cheap, and would probably cost a client around $1,000 -$1200. But I have lots of clients who have had their lives changed by Botox to their underarms. No - thats not an overstatement! Suffering from excessive sweating can be soul destroying. And the relief that is felt when you don't have to worry about it can be immense.

 I will have it done again.

Jackie Smith
Caci Founder.