Tuesday, 8 December 2009

A further success for LSA - Laser Sweat Ablation

Dear Mr Whiteley

I wanted to express my thanks to you and your team for my recent laser ablation surgery.
I had always suffered from excessive sweating and it had affected me in many ways. It had a huge effect on my self confidence and made me think very carefully about what clothes I would wear.

My wardrobe mainly consisted of dark clothing and when I first started work, I would often have to use the hand drier in the rest room to dry out my shirt. This was incredibly embarrassing.

I had tried many products including aluminium based deodorants, however, I had never been able to find anything that would actually work.

The most frustrating thing for me would be that having washed and dressed in the morning, by the time I would leave the house I would already have large sweat patches under both arms.
I would worry about friends and colleagues noticing my problem and felt that this added anxiety made me sweat even more.

I feel that my GP didn't take the issue seriously, he prescribed me beta blockers which did absolutely nothing for me. I later found out that these were not suitable for someone of my age.
I had considered botox but didn't like the idea of having to have further injections every 6 months or so.

I was initially worried about the LSA procedure but having had the first consultation, and having heard of the results of previous patients, I knew it was the best option for me.
The surgery itself wasn't even half as bad as I thought it might be and feel silly for having worried about this at all. June, Carrie and Dee were a great help and kept my mind off the procedure.

I wore the compression garment for four days and was able to sleep as normal.
The skin did become quite lumpy afterwards and I would get the occasional pain when stretching out to reach something. However, after six weeks my skin was back to normal and it is as though I had never even had the procedure.

I haven't noticed any sweat since and was very pleased to hear that my sweating has been reduced by 90% on my right arm pit and 100% on my left!

These results were again confirmed during my final iodine test at The Whiteley Clinic.

I no longer have to think about what I wear and can look forward to my wedding next year without worrying about sweat patches!

A massive thank you to you and everyone at The Whiteley Clinic. I hope that this procedure continues to be a success and is able to help many more people overcome this embarrassing condition.

Kind regards

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