Monday, 27 September 2010

Plantar Hyperhidrosis (Foot Sweating)

Plantar Hyperhidrosis (Foot Sweating)


The Chinese believe that a person feels the way their feet feel. Wouldn’t you rather feel fresh, clean and relaxed than cramped, sweaty and smelly?

It doesn’t have to be this way. With Klima’s arsenal of products for Plantar Hyperhidrosis, we literally have you covered.

Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Axillary Hyperhidrosis (Underarm Sweating)

Axillary Hyperhidrosis (Underarm Sweating)

Axillary Hyperhidrosis, or excessive underarm sweating, is a medical condition in which the glands produce far more sweat than is needed for bodily temperature control. It’s thought to be caused by an overactive sympathetic nervous system, which in turn, over-stimulates the sweat glands.

About Perspiration and Klima

About Perspiration and Klima

You will notice that Klima Products are much stronger and more effective than the “clinical strength”, and the mass-produced antiperspirants you see for sale in America.

Friday, 3 September 2010

Friday, 23 July 2010

Is there a link between deodorants or antiperspirants and breast cancer?

Stories claiming that using deodorants or antiperspirants increases the risk of breast cancer have been circulating on the internet and by email for several years. This issue also gets a lot of press coverage from time to time. Since these claims began to circulate some studies have looked at the possible link between deodorants/antiperspirants and breast cancer. But there is still no
good scientific evidence that a link exists.

Wednesday, 21 July 2010

Klima Antiperspirant Product Review

It all started in the summer of 2009, when I was in a short vacation in England with my wife and friends. I have some embarrassing sweat issues that I couldn’t control no matter how hard I tried. Someone recommended me Klima Antiperspirant, a clinical strength antiperspirant that helps people like me, that are suffering from a medical condition named hyperhidrosis.

Follow the guidelines on how to use efficiently Klima Antiperspirant:

After you shower, wait until your underarms are completely dry to apply Klima. Apply liberally (4-6 sprays each) and be sure to saturate the area. Your underarm should look and feel wet after you have sprayed.

After about 15 seconds, the product will dry and the chemical smell will dissipate. You are now protected from wetness and odor for up to 5 days. It’s OK to shower between uses, but this will reduce the effectiveness of Klima.

For those who suffer from severe odor or wetness, you may use Klima daily, and supplement your daily regimen with another over-the-counter deodorant or antiperspirant/deodorant of your choice.

It may take about a week of use for Klima to become 100% effective.

Follow the steps exactly like they are listed above and you’ll be fine. If you are allergic to any of the ingredients this antiperspirant contains, please refer to a specialist to make sure it’s O.K. to use Klima. However, if you have aluminum intolerance, then you can use other antiperspirant, produced by the same company named Hyper-Dri Aluminum-free Antiperspirant.

Ingredients: Ethyl Alcohol, Aqua (water), Aluminum Chloride, Aluminum Chlorohydrate, Glycerin, Alcloxa, Dimethicone, Propylene Glycol, Triethyl Citrate, Parfum (fragrance)

Tuesday, 6 July 2010

Klima Underarm Antiperspirant / Deodorant


Klima Antiperspirant is for the underarms.

It may take about a week of use for Klima to become 100% effective.

About 50% of our clients have consistently been able to go up to 5 days without re-applying Klima, but people with more wetness and odor may need to use it more often.

Ingredients: Ethyl Alcohol, Aqua (water), Aluminum Chloride, Aluminum Chlorohydrate, Glycerin, Alcloxa, Dimethicone, Propylene Glycol, Triethyl Citrate, Parfum (fragrance)

Wednesday, 30 June 2010

Sweat Prevention Guidelines

Sweat Prevention Guidelines


Thursday, 17 June 2010

Monday, 14 June 2010

Underarm antiperspirants/deodorants and breast cancer

Clinical studies dating back decades report a disproportionately high number of female breast cancers originating in the upper outer quadrant of the breast, and although this is attributed to a greater amount of epithelial tissue in that region, it is also the area to which underarm cosmetic products are applied. Early studies reported 31% of cancers in the upper outer quadrant, but later studies in the 1990s report up to 61%. The annually recorded quadrant incidence of breast cancer in Britain documents a rise in England and Wales from 47.9% in the upper outer quadrant in 1979 to 53.3% in 2000, and in Scotland a rise from 38.3% in the upper outer quadrant in 1980 to 54.7% in 2001. Any increase in the disproportionality of breast cancer in the upper outer quadrant would be inconsistent with an explanation relating to the greater amount of target epithelial tissue in that region but does parallel the increasing use of cosmetics in the underarm area.

How could a link exist mechanistically between underarm cosmetics and breast cancer?

An extensive number of cosmetic products are applied topically on and around the human breast on a daily basis, often multiple times a day, including not only underarm antiperspirant/deodorant products but also body lotions, body sprays, moisturising creams, breast firming/enhancing creams and suncare products. These products are not rinsed off but left on the skin, allowing for continuous dermal exposure, absorption and deposition into underlying tissues, which may be further increased by abrasions in the skin created by shaving. The extent to which chemicals absorbed by this route escape metabolism remains unknown, but they would certainly escape the systemic metabolism to which orally derived chemicals would be subjected.

With current cultural pressures, these products are used with increasing frequency and quantity, and by ever younger children including babies, and the effects of long-term low-dose exposure to these mixtures of multiple chemicals are unknown. The diversity in usage of these cosmetics and the range of different products available provides ample possibility for cancer to arise through issues of quantity used, through pattern of usage or through individual susceptibility to specific product formulations.

Underarm cosmetics contain a variety of chemicals added for different functional reasons, many of which individually already have a known toxicity profile. If any of these chemicals play a role in breast cancer development, however, then the challenge is to identify the specific chemical culprits and their mode of action in breast epithelial cells.

Any carcinogenic action by the constituent chemicals may involve an ability to interact with DNA, resulting in genotoxic activity or an ability to interfere with oestrogen action.

The role of oestrogen in the development and progression of breast cancer is well established but the ability of a cocktail of environmental oestrogen-mimicking chemicals to also drive the development and growth of breast cancers is worthy of serious consideration, especially in relation to those chemicals known to be detectable as present in the human breast. Some studies have investigated whether environmental oestrogens entering the human breast through diet (for example, organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls in animal fat, phytoestrogens or herbicides through fruit and vegetables) or through the domestic environment (for example, bisphenol A/phthalates in plastics, alkyl phenols in detergents, polybrominated diphenylethers in soft furnishings) may be linked to the development of breast cancer, and topical application of cosmetic chemicals with oestrogenic properties provides another exposure route.

Only two epidemiological studies have attempted to address directly the issue of underarm cosmetic use and breast cancer. Mirick and colleagues reported there to be no difference in current use of antiperspirant/deodorant products between breast cancer patients and nonaffected matched controls. By contrast, McGrath reported within a population of breast cancer patients that those who used more antiperspirant products were diagnosed with breast cancer at an earlier age. The first study is limited by the reliance on self-reported information, by the lack of a nonuser.

Wednesday, 2 June 2010

Excessive Sweating Causes & Cures: Stop Excessive Sweating Now!

Are you plagued by too much sweat? You aren't alone. About 3% of the entire population suffers from this condition, medically known as hyperhydrosis. What are the causes of excessive sweating, and how can you stop it? This article will offer a few solutions for you to try, and help you understand the causes. You can stop excessive sweating - and it really isn't that hard!
Profuse sweating is not only annoying, it robs you of your self esteem. You may have tried every antiperspirant known to man, to no avail. You may wear extra t-shirts under your clothing in an effort to absorb the excess perspiration. No matter what you do, it doesn't seem to work. You find yourself avoiding intimate relationships - and you certainly aren't going to raise your arm in public! What can you do? Here are a few of the causes and remedies that help stop excessive sweating:

* Drink more water. When your body starts running low, it heats up resulting in - you guessed it - more sweat.

* Get in shape. Yes, exercising will make you sweat more while you are actually doing the physical activity, but once you get into better shape you will find that your body sweats less.

* Cut down on stimulants such as caffeine and tobacco, and try to avoid most spicy foods. Anything that stimulates your nervous system will make you sweat even more!

* If you are really desperate and have the money, try botox injections. This works for some people, but it can be costly.

* Calm your nerves! Most people who suffer from hyperhidrosis actually have a nervous system that is more stimulated than others. By reducing nervousness and anxiety, you can reduce the perspiration as well.

Saturday, 29 May 2010

Stop My Hands from Sweating - How To Stop Sweaty Palm?

Have sweaty hands and are at a lost as to how to get them to stop sweating? Millions of people suffer from sweaty hands and are all saying, stop my hands from sweating! If you are also saying this, than this article is for you! We have some quick and easy methods you can do while at home, or some medical options.

Some things you can do at home to help your sweaty hands are to apply an antiperspirant to them. You can find antiperspirants in deodorants, any brand name will do. Just like you would use deodorants to prevent your armpits from sweating, you would use it for your hands too. When at home, you can also carry around a towel, as to prevent transferring your sweat onto items in your home.

There are some powders in which you can use to help with your hands. Some of these products are cornstarch, medicated powders or talcum. These items are easy to come by, and are relatively cheap, and have pleased the people who have used them.

The only negative aspect with them is that you have to constantly apply these products to your hand, which makes it inconvenient. This does not help prevent your hands from sweating while at work or out in public, so maybe you should search for an alternative.

For those in search of a permanent solution, there is Botox. Botox is mostly associated with being used to erase wrinkles or skin lines. It has however, been proven to help prevent sweating, whether that be in your hands or somewhere else. The price for Botox, differs from location to location, so do your research.

There is hope for people with sweaty hands. You have numerous options you can take to diminish the sweat coming from your hands, so stop worrying, and get active!

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Stop Excessive Underarm Sweating Solutions

Prior to talking about the different ways to stop excessive underarm sweating, here is a little information about the condition. Medically known as axillary hyperhidrosis, it is said that it affects around three percent of Americans. It may continue for life if left untreated. It goes without saying that the condition is extremely embarrassing. Not only will your clothes be stained, but it can affect your social life.

It can be caused by systemic, metabolic or neurologic disease, but it generally affects people who are in good health. When we become emotional or when the weather is hot, we all sweat. But the person with axillary hyperhidrosis sweats continuously, irrespective of their mood or the weather.

The first attempt to control the problem is to try an over-the-counter antiperspirant containing aluminum chloride. If there is no improvement, a doctor may prescribe a stronger antiperspirant. If this fails, oral medications known as anticholinergics may reduce the amount of sweat.

Iontophoresis is a procedure that has proved effective for more than 50 years. The skin is subjected to an electric current for 10-20 minutes at a time. It is still unknown how and why this procedure works, but it is apparently very successful.

Treatment begins with 2-3 sessions per week. Following these, maintenance sessions are done every 2 weeks or so, according to the patient's response. Although iontophoresis sounds painful, the medical profession says it is not. In some cases, a doctor may prescribe a device to enable the treatment to be done at home.

Other ways to stop excessive underarm sweating are surgery or Botox treatment. Botox is a poison (botulinum toxin) which is injected into each armpit. The beneficial effects last for approximately 6 months. The surgical procedure is far more invasive - it requires nerves in the armpit region to be destroyed. While it is successful, this surgery may involve complications.

Thursday, 29 April 2010

What are the Causes of Excessive Sweating?

For every health concern, there's always a trigger. Excessive sweating is a condition that is caused by a lot of factors, with most of them related to one another. Some of the causes of excessive sweating are not controllable, making it harder for doctors to combat the effects of the disease.

The most common causes of excessive sweating are as follows:

1. Heredity

A lot of doctors believe that excessive sweating is a function of the genes. This means that if your any of your parents tend to perspire a lot, you will end up suffering from the same problem as you grow older.

2. Puberty and Menopause

Teenagers tend to sweat a lot. The reason may be psychological, as they are facing changes in their bodies and are being exposed to things that introduce them to adulthood. Hence, it becomes a medical fact that teens in their puberty stages tend to be much more likely to sweat than those who are aged younger or older than.

Like puberty, menopause is a critical stage in one's life. However, only women go through menopause. Menopause can trigger excessive sweating in the same way that puberty causes changes inside the person's body.

3. Abnormal Functions of the Nerves

The sweat glands are positioned all over the body, and are responsible for producing sweat. In the same way, the nerves, which act as the brain's receptors, are positioned all over the body. They are the ones responsible for sending messages to the brain from which it will act upon. If the nerves fail to work precisely, it may ask the brain to sweat due to wrong stimuli. This may lead to hyperhidrosis or excessive sweating.

4. Abnormal Functions of the Spinal Cord

The spinal cord is another major part of the central nervous system. It is the nervous system that actually controls the sweating mechanism of the body. Certain problems in the spinal area can cause hyperhidrosis. Syringomyelia is one such condition, although it only causes hyperhidrosis in rare occasions. Lesions and tumors in the spinal cord area may also trigger hyperhidrosis.

5. Abnormal Functions of the Brain

Sweating is controlled by the hypothalamus. It is the same part of the brain that manages hunger and thirst. It is also in charge of making sure that the body maintains a certain level of temperature to be able to continue with its normal processes. The brain may have a tainted sensory response, causing the body to sweat abnormally. This is especially true if you are suffering from certain diseases or infections.

As such, the brain will tell the body to respond by perspiring because it thinks that the temperature inside is going up. There could be some emotional factors too. If you're anxious, depressed, and stressed, your mental processes become disoriented, leading to hyperhidrosis.

6. Obesity

Obese people tend to suffer from excessive sweating more frequently than those whose body size is within normal. This is because their sweat glands tend to work doubly hard to let go of all excess minerals deemed unwanted by the body. The fatter you are, the more prone you are to developing excessive sweating.

7. Reaction to certain foods

Do you know that some of the foods you eat can be the main reason why you sweat a lot? If you enjoy eating hot and spicy foods, you may eventually suffer from excessive sweating. Try to lessen your intake of these food items and see whether it improves your condition or not.

8. Hot weather

This is a no-brainer. The hot weather can make you sweat uncontrollably. This is because your body needs to cool down every time it reaches its peak. If you're in a humid place and are used to colder weather, you will suffer from excessive sweating more than those who are used to the warmer climate.

9. Extraneous exercises and activities

Whenever your body works, it heats up. So if you do manual labor, you tend to excrete sweat more than those who work in an office environment. This is normal. However, when you still perspire even if you are not doing anything, that's the time you should see a doctor.