BY:
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INTRODUCTION Nearly everyone does it… but nobody talks about it. Sweat. Sweat lets you know you’ve had a good workout, and makes diving into a pool feel really great. But what about every other situation in your life? Sweat isn’t sexy for most of us, and underarm sweat is the biggest offender. It can leave stains on your clothing, make tell-tale wet circles on your shirts, and make you feel as if you need a shower… even if you just took one. Everybody sweats. Some people sweat more than others, but everyone sweats. But if you want to STOP SWEATING in your underarms… if you want to feel confident enough to raise your arms on the hottest of days in the hottest of rooms… if you want to face stressful situations without worrying that everyone is going to see proof of how anxious you are… if you suffer from hyperhidrosis or simply want to sweat less in your underarms… there is a solution for you.
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In the next few pages, we’re going to talk about why you sweat and how miraDry, the only lasting and FDA-Cleared solution, can help you sweat less. Once you’ve finished reading this book, give my office a call at PHONE and let’s talk about your underarm sweat and how we can make it disappear once and for all… without messy creams, clinical-strength antiperspirants, or ongoing toxic injections.
The Science Of Sweat You have between 3 and 4 MILLION sweat glands all over your body – from the backs of your knees to the crook of your elbow to the small of your back, even in the palms of your hands… and of course, in your underarms. If you’re a woman, you have more sweat glands; if you’re a man, your sweat glands are more active.
be dripping off your forehead – that’s because the air around you isn’t dry enough to evaporate your sweat, so perspiration just clings to your skin. As with every function that our body has, every person sweats differently.
Underarm sweat is produced through two different types of glands: the eccrine gland that produces the watery fluid we know as sweat, and the apocrine gland produces the liquid that typically gives underarm perspiration its odor. The fluid that the eccrine gland produces doesn’t smell – it’s made solely of water, sodium and chloride (or salt). The purpose of these sweat glands is simply to cool you off – when it’s hot outside, when you’re exercising or doing other strenuous activities, or if you’re running a fever.
If your body heats up too much, you’ll sweat to release excess heat and keep your core temperature at a steady rate. The way this happens is that heat is taken away from your body during the evaporation process – which means the hotter you are, the more you need to sweat to keep your body temperature regulated. In order for sweating to work the way it’s supposed to, the air outside your body can’t be very humid - If you’re working outside on a hot, humid day, you’ll notice that your shirt is getting wetter and sweat may
Some people barely sweat at all… while others can sweat as much as four to five times as much as the “normal” person. As you probably know, there comes a point when excessive sweating produces the opposite effect than it’s intended to. At some point, perspiring doesn’t keep you any cooler – it simply makes you feel dirty and hotter and maybe even a little embarrassed.
But what if you can’t STOP sweating? The Story Of Sweat
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HOW MUCH SWEAT IS TOO MUCH SWEAT?
It’s one thing to have sweat marks on your t-shirt as you’re leaving the gym… but what about when you’re attending a business meeting in the middle of winter? ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO SEE IF YOU COULD BENEFIT FROM SWEAT-STOPPING TREATMENTS… ► Do
you notice that you sweat through your clothes? (Do you have wet circles under your arms when you sweat?)
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you sweat even when others around you don’t?
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you ever embarrassed by your sweating?
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you avoid wearing certain colors because they show sweat more easily? Likewise, do you have a wardrobe full of black or white because those colors hide sweat more easily?
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you ever sweat when you think you shouldn’t be sweating?
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you tend to stay indoors during hot weather because you don’t want to get sweaty?
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you ever feel like your sweating doesn’t cool you off, but makes you feel warmer?
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you avoid situations (like working out at the gym) because you’re afraid you’re going to
sweat too much? If you answered yes to any of these questions, your life has been impacted by your sweat! You don’t have to keep living in fear of embarrassment… keep reading and you’ll discover how you can sweat less and enjoy your life more! Page
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“Normal” Sweating is Extremely Variable There are natural variations in the amount that people sweat: some people start sweating earlier than others, and some have more active sweat glands. There are many reasons for excess sweating, like: • • • • • • • • •
Being overweight Consuming caffeine Anxiety High body temperature (i.e. fevers) Pregnancy Menopause Thyroid Problems Diabetes Medications or Supplements
No matter what the reason, sweating isn’t fun. And when you sweat a lot… it can be embarrassing, socially limiting, and costly to deal with.
Hyperhidrosis is the clinical term for excessive sweating. But not everyone who sweats a lot is diagnosed with hyperhidrosis. Sometimes, sweat glands overproduce for no reason that doctors can discern – they just produce a whole lot of sweat. This can be incredibly frustrating and embarrassing, your own private torture. Oftentimes, patients with hyperhidrosis resort to wearing multiple layers – one layer to “catch” the perspiration and another to hide the stains. Even if you don’t have a diagnosis of hyperhidrosis, you can still sweat more than others in your life and feel the same embarrassment and frustration that millions of others feel.
You may seek help from doctors and find that not one of them can provide you the reason or cure for your excessive sweating. In fact, until now the best they could do was tell you to get clinical-strength antiperspirant or even twice-yearly injections of toxic botox to stun the sweat glands into no longer producing sweat. Nobody who hasn’t dealt with excessive underarm sweat can know how embarrassing it is. Nobody but you knows how much of a daily struggle it is to absolutely hate the way your body is acting.
But you are not alone…
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Excessive Underarm Sweat Affects Millions Around The Globe Millions of people suffer from excessive underarm sweat. 3% of
You are not the only one that’s battling
the global population is eligible for a hyperhidrosis diagnosis… but
excessive underarm sweat.
millions more than that sweat more than they want to. You are not the only one that worries Millions of people all over the world deal with the same personal
about the body odor that can come
embarrassment that you do every single day. Millions of people
with sweating so much that your
are afraid to raise their arms or dress in layers during the heat of
antiperspirant can’t keep up.
the summer to keep those tell-tale circles from forming underneath You’re not the only one that knows
their arms.
just how uncomfortable sweat is, and you’re not the only one that
“I have been bothered with underarm sweat for awhile. My under arms would sweat just sitting on my couch reading a book or checking an email. I could only wear white or black shirts to hide the under arm stains.” RealSelf Member - MWP17
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wishes that they could do something about it.
UNTIL NOW,
THE ONLY SOLUTIONS
AVAILABLE
HAVE BEEN THINGS LIKE:
“I have suffered with axillary hyperhidrosis since I was in middle school. You know, unable to wear certain colors, afraid to raise my hand in class, socially debilitating when one is young and fragile. My mother would tell me horror stories about how my aunt basically had to wear giant pads attached to her bras to soak up her sweat and the idea of someone seeing that in the locker room, terrified me! I resorted to only wearing certain colors and always having a sweater or jacket to keep on, even suffering during hot and humid summer months.”
• Clinical Strength Antiperspirant • Drastic Changes in Diet • Botox Injections • Topical Creams • Behavioral Changes (i.e. Moving to a cooler climate, avoiding strenuous activity, hiding armpit stains) But let’s be honest… how many of those really offer a true solution? At the end of the day, you still sweat. When it’s all said and done, you’re still frustrated and embarrassed and wearing layers to hide the stains.
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When Treatment Options Aren’t Really Options at All…
“I have dealt with the embarrassment of excessive underarm sweating for as long as I can remember and have even tried the botox treatment once a few years ago. (Although the botox worked very well, it only lasted for 6 months and I didn’t want to have to keep paying for it again and again.)”
When you’re diagnosed with excessive sweating, you have a few treatment options to choose from, like: •
Botox® injections wear off, just like antiperspirant, which makes Botox® a temporary treatment. Many patients find that they schedule appointments about twice a year – and the cost can add up. In fact, the cost of one Botox® treatment is more than half the cost of one miraDry treatment… and Botox® must be continually done if you want to keep the results.
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underarm sweat. So if you have the wrong kind of diagnosis – or no formal diagnosis at all – you’re out of luck. Added to the host of side effects and dangers (like the body’s inability to cool itself while on the medication) and they’re not a good, permanent treatment for everyone.
If you haven’t been formally diagnosed with hyperhidrosis or are one of the millions of people who want to sweat less even withOUT hyperhidrosis… you won’t be eligible for Botox® injections – the FDA has cleared them only for those with a formal diagnosis of hyperhidrosis.
Botox®
Botox® injections work by temporarily blocking the secretion of the chemical that’s responsible for “turning on” your sweat glands. The Botox® injections have been shown to work for up to about 7 months and can reduce your sweating by at least 50%.
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Oral Medications There are oral medications that you can take daily to help manage your excessive sweating. These medications work by systematically blocking the receptors that activate your sweat glands. It seems pretty simple – you take a pill once a day and you don’t sweat! But these medications don’t work for every type of hyperhidrosis, including the type that gives you excessive
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Surgery There is a lot of discussion about the option of surgery to treat excessive underarm sweating – and not all of the discussion is positive.
Surgery works by removing or destroying the sweat glands under your arms. There are many different methods, and the one you choose depends on the doctor you visit. However, since sweat glands are very small, they’re difficult to see… and this means that the surgeon is going in “blind.”
This can lead to a wide variety of results, and may lead to further surgeries to fully correct your sweating. Surgery comes with its own risks, as it’s the most invasive of techniques and comes with the longest amount of downtime… and there’s still that possibility that it won’t stop you from sweating completely. Like we discussed earlier in this book, there are a lot of treatments… but they’re either extremely risky and painful or they’re temporary.
I have suffered from excessive underarm sweat (Hyperhidrosis) since high school. As far as treatments go, I have tried every deodorant on the market with no success. I have also tried Drysol - which didn’t work either. Recently I heard about the miraDry procedure. It appealed to me because it is a non-invasive procedure that is supposed to offer permanent results. Some of the other treatments available like Botox are temporary and other solutions require surgery. My sweating has been DRASTICALLY reduced (about 90%). A side benefit of the procedure is reduced underarm hair growth. I haven’t shaved in two weeks. Overall, I am very happy with the procedure and results. RealSelf Member AVB
“I have always suffered from embarrassing armpit sweat – I’ve had yellowed armpits in my t-shirts, problems wearing shirts and dresses - I wore black all the time to hide the sweat stains. Bridesmaid dresses were chosen around my armpit sweat. I’ve used other types of doctor prescribed medications where I had to sleep in saran wrap. I have considered inventing something that would stick or velcro to clothing so the sweat would soak up – I’ve even put maxi pads as a test. Nothing has worked for me. Until miraDry…” RealSelf Member - Kimberly S
But what if I told you there was a 100% safe, 100% permanent, FDA-Cleared solution that would save you from embarrassing underarm sweat?
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INTRODUCING:
miraDry
THE Immediate, Lasting Solution That You’ve Been Looking For Toxin-Free, FDA-Cleared, and PERMANENT The miraDry solution is the first 100% PERMANENT solution to excessive sweating and hyperhidrosis. The outpatient procedure is performed right in our office, and involves NO cutting, NO surgery, and NO downtime! The miraDry System uses electromagnetic energy to eliminate the sweat glands under your arms. Not Stun. Not Temporarily Turn Them Off. Not Trick Them Into Stopping Production For A Little While. Not Any Of The Other, Temporary Solutions That Have Been Available Before miraDry. Eliminate Them Completely. Electromagnetic energy is not a new development: it’s been used in cardiology, urology, oncology and general surgery suites all over the world for years. But miraDry is the first solution to use electromagnetic energy to save you from underarm sweat. Page
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miraDry uses precisely controlled energy bursts to eliminate underarm sweat glands. These glands don’t grow back – meaning you don’t sweat. Ever. The procedure is quick – lasting about an hour – and you can resume normal daily activities right away.
“My sweat has been reduced by about 70%. My odor has been greatly reduced as well. I only have to used one swipe of deodorant and won’t suffer embarrassment if I forget. My hair growth has been reduced by 50-60% I am one month or so away from a second treatment. I don’t need it for the sweating as I don’t mind sweat as long as it doesn’t show up on my clothes. Since the treatment, I have not had ONE (yes I said it) sweat stain on my clothes!! I no longer wear sweaters to cover up and I have bought some really cool pastel colors to wear! I’m so happy! I may do the second treatment, but it really would only be to see if I could get rid of more hair and odor!” RealSelf Member Jenasc
And The Effects Will Last Unlike other methods that require you to get treated regularly, like Botox®, miraDry completely eliminates the sweat glands. They don’t grow back. Your reduction in underarm sweat is lasting – meaning you can begin to wear any color you want, stop scheduling activities around the weather, approach stressful situations without worrying about sweat showing through your clothes, work out at the gym without feeling embarrassed, raise your arms with confidence… in essence, get your life back! “I just wanted to say that though I am 3 months past my first procedure and will have my second later this month, the results of the first visit alone have significantly enhanced my quality of life. My sweating has decreased 90% and I feel like a new man. Like many others who have suffered silently for so many years (20+ years for me), words simply cannot express the relief of having this burden lifted. My overall anxiety level is a fraction of what it used to be, so aside from not sweating, the freedom to wear whatever I like - on top of the relief - is also incredibly satisfying. I simply cannot say enough. My biggest apprehension was not the cost but the fear of it not working or suffering from side effects. I’m confident that after the second visit I’ll be 99% sweat free. I can assure anyone reading this that MIRADRY WORKS!!”
RealSelf Member Barry A
“I have struggled with excessive underarm sweating for the past decade. During that time I’ve tried prescription and over the counter deodorant, Drionic, and medication, but nothing worked long term and substantially reduced the sweating. So, the search continued and I found miraDry! I am not sweating at all…it’s amazing! 100% effective! I’m 100% satisfied and 100% dry!” RealSelf Member jcmsed07
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IS MIRADRY RIGHT FOR YOU? Does your underarm sweat make you feel embarrassed? Does underarm sweat interfere with your daily activities? Do you frequently apply antiperspirant? Do you worry someone will notice your sweat stains? Do you change your clothes more than once a day due to underarm sweat? Do you wear fabrics, colors and styles of clothes that do not show sweat easily? Are you frustrated over constantly ruining clothes? Have you been searching for a permanent solution so you can take your life back? Have you undergone drastic changes in diet to reduce your sweating? Do you simply want to SWEAT LESS and ENJOY LIFE more? Page
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What would you give to see an 80% reduction in your sweat? A recent clinical study showed an average of 82% reduction in underarm sweating using the miraDry system. As with any medical treatment, your results will vary… but consider what even a 50% reduction would mean for your life. Imagine being able to live withOUT wearing layers of clothing, stuffing your underarms with absorbent pads, or keeping your arms at your sides all the time. Imagine never having to replace expensive clothing because of underarm stains. Imagine
never
feeling
unprofessional during business meetings or work functions because of your sweating. Imagine
never
wondering
if people are staring at you when you walk through a public place.
“The end of May this year will be 1 year since I started this whole process and couldn’t be more satisfied. I was able to reduce my underarm sweating by about 95% and I was a pretty bad case to begin with.” RealSelf Member RJ1352
“I had the opportunity to get the miraDry procedure done and I am soooo happy I did. I had been suffering from excessive perspiration ever since puberty. Not able to wear fun colors, sweating through several shirts in the middle of winter.... all of the daily obstacles associated with hyperhidrosis. The procedure was completely painless and I had VERY LITTLE swelling afterward. Since the procedure, I have had probably a 90% reduction in sweat. I love the results so far and can’t wait t o have my second procedure and see how much better it can get. Ever since miraDry I have been wearing whatever I want, and have no anxiety about sweating through my clothes. I highly recommend miraDry if sweat affects your daily life because it doesn’t have to!”
“I now live in SC, and one day (maybe about a week after treatment), I went to an outside concert and it was wicked hot and humid. I decided to wear a white t-shirt. I danced my butt off, and didn’t get sopping wet armpits! It was AWESOME. Overall, I was sweating like normal, and that is fine, and my armpits were only slightly moist, but NOTHING like they would have been prior to treatment. Ever since, I have been going around wearing a bunch of different colored t-shirts and haven’t had even one major sweat stain! I have also noticed less B.O. What woman wouldn’t love that!?” RealSelf Member bal419
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If that’s the kind of life you can see for yourself, then miraDry is the solution you need. We can help you get your life back and finally get rid of sweat once and for all. Call us at 1-800-1234567 for a 100% FREE Sweat Analysis where we’ll talk about your lifestyle, your sweat history, and what you want to achieve. We’ll talk about all your miraDry questions and determine if miraDry is the right solution for you. Whether you’ve been diagnosed with hyperhidrosis or you simply want to sweat less than you do now, miraDry is the only FDA-Cleared LASTING solution that has been clinically proven to reduce your underarm sweat by an average of 82%. Don’t live your life with sweat for longer than you have to. Call us today and make an appointment for your FREE Sweat Analysis and you could be sweat free in a matter of weeks! miraDry has helped thousands of people just like you… will you be next?
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Imagine never being embarrassed or frustrated or anxious because of your underarm sweat… ever again.
“Had the first of two sessions done in mid January 2013. And then… no sweating. I mean weird, what the heck is going on, no sweating in the armpits weird. You will find yourself checking your pits every couple of hours, going how is this possible. It’s warm, I should be sweating. It’s a meeting, I should be sweating. It’s Tuesday, I should be sweating. But you’re not. Picking out a shirt is just odd. It’s just a strange, odd sensation to not have to worry about pitting the shirt halfway down. After time, the pits returns
heal and everything to normal, except, very little sweating. My left pit, basically zero. My right pit, at times, maybe a quarter-sized pit stain. And that was not every day, and not when indoors. And this is after the 1st treatment.” RealSelf Member Iceman44 The Story Of Sweat
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ABOUT
Dr. John Hopkins I am 19 years old and have been suffering from severe hyperhidrosis for the past 7 years. I have tried all of the over the counter products and the special deodorants, even being prescribed special topical ointments, but nothing was stopping the amount of sweat I was producing. I always kept another shirt in my bag because I knew I would have to change my clothes after sitting in an air conditioned room watching T.V...that’s how bad it was. My closet all throughout middle school and high school was limited to black and white, because those were the easiest colors to mask the stains---and white shirts would go quicker than the black ones because of the nasty yellow stains that would develop after only a few wears. Shopping for a prom dress was a nightmare because I needed to find a cut of dress that wouldn’t be in my sweats way as it would run down my arm just when putting my makeup on. I had my first procedure about 5 days ago, and it has been worth it and I cannot wait for my second treatment three months from now. I haven’t had a bead of sweat come from my underarm area, and I can’t believe what a self-confidence booster that is even after only 5 days!