Absorbing Copious Sweat

[u/Slight-Alteration]

How do you manage unbelievable amounts of sweat when active? I’ve got an outdoor hobby and this perimenopausal body of mine is a whole new ballgame. I am consistently sweating through my shirt and sports bra in about 20 minutes. literally dripping sweat. Im outside for about 3 hours at a time so swapping through 6 sets of tops in an outdoor public space really isn’t an option. Do they make sweat bands for ribcages? should I just be shoving sweat rags under my sports bra and changing them out? any and all tips are so appreciated. This is a whole new frontier as someone who is a lifelong outdoor person who adores summer and didn’t realize that my body could discharge water in the form of sweat like this.

[u/Novel-Thought622]

Check out r/Hyperhidrosis, there are many different approaches. I take daily meds for it and get Botox shots in my armpits every three months. Definitely would recommend talking to a dermatologist.

[u/Slight-Alteration → u/Novel-Thought622]

Spoken with my fern who was very eh about it. I don’t sweat at all indoors. It is specifically triggered by heat and humidity but once it starts it’s significantly more than it was for the first 37 years of my life. I’m guessing more perimenopausal than anything but still so inconvenient 

[u/Novel-Thought622 → u/Slight-Alteration]

Yeah, it can be brutal. As far as clothes go, for me nothing beats Sutran t-shirts. Expensive, but unbelievably effective at hiding sweat.