What does microwave sweat gland treatment treat?

The treatment uses focused microwave energy delivered through an applicator to heat tissue containing sweat glands in the underarm area. It is intended for localised underarm sweating rather than sweating caused by a whole-body illness. Reducing sweat can also help some people whose odour is linked to moisture and bacterial activity.

A clinician should first consider whether sweating is primary hyperhidrosis or a sign of another condition or medicine. The device and treatment plan are different from injectable options such as botulinum toxin.

Discuss your sweating pattern, medicines, skin sensitivity, and any implanted devices with the treating clinician. Follow instructions about shaving, deodorant, cooling, and activity. Temporary swelling, tenderness, altered sensation, or small areas of firmness can occur while the underarm heals; use only the recommended pain relief and skin care.

Call the clinic if pain, redness, swelling, blistering, drainage, or numbness is worsening rather than settling. Seek urgent care for spreading redness with fever, severe allergic symptoms, or difficulty breathing. New sweating elsewhere or sudden widespread sweating should be assessed rather than assumed to be a treatment effect.

Ask whether your sweating is limited to the underarms, what alternatives fit your goals, how the device protects the skin surface, what recovery changes to expect, and which symptoms need a review.