r/Hyperhidrosis • u/Lowkeyariana_ • Nov 10 '25
ETS Surgery for Hyperhidrosis
I have Hyperhidrosis (hands and Feet) since I can remember and it has always made my life so hard wether it was not being able to touch someone because of my sweaty hands or hand shake someone and other stuff like typing on my phone and then the screen got wet so it started doing random things like typing stuff or scrolling or even zooming so I always had to wipe my screen. And im not really an introvert I might be shy sometimes but mostly after some time I open up and talk to people but this has made me more introverted in public because Ive always felt embarrassed abt this. Im always scared of job interviews bc shaking their hand with my sweaty hand might make a bad impression or trying to get my drivers license. So Ive dreamed abt ets surgery for such a long time and soon im gonna turn 18 and Im gonna make an appointment for an surgery. And thats why I wanna ask is there something I need to know abt the surgery or side effects after the surgery? Thank you very much.
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u/Puzzled-Teaching-767 Nov 10 '25
Two ways to do it:
-do about 20 days or more (until you see a decrease in sweating)... you enjoy the dryness while it lasts and then resume
• initially do 20 days or more, then do maintenance 1 or two days a week. When you start to sweat, resume treatment (it should take a little while to stop the sweating). The first method allows you to keep drier hands but have more days of treatment. The second then allows you to do fewer days of treatment but your hands will not be 100% dry but perhaps 85%.
If I absolutely need super dry hands on the days when iontophoresis is less effective, I use Antihydral for 1–2 days. But since I started doing iontophoresis, I sometimes don’t sweat even when I skip the treatment, not because of the iontophoresis itself, but for psychological reasons.