Thanks to my dad (and well, genetics in general, I guess) I’ve suffered from excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) since I was a child. My palms are sweaty and cold about 80 percent of the time — regardless of the climate I’m in. Of course, as someone who also deals with Generalized Anxiety and Panic Disorder, this neurological condition is further exacerbated in times of stress or when my hormones are out of whack.
Sometimes, my palms are just a tad clammy, and other times, they?re legitimately drenched. Over the years, I’ve kind of learned to get over stressing about what the other person thinks is wrong with me (it is what it is, right") But let’s be honest here: shaking hands with a new colleague or first Hinge date when I?m having a ?flare-up? isn?t exactly the ideal first impression. Of course, my excessively perspiring palms aren’t the only source of frustration that hyperhidrosis has dealt me — it’s also been known to cause glaringly obvious sweat rings on my favorite silk blouses (and naturally, ruined them with the eventual yellow-tinged stains and a lingering odor that refuses to budge.) While I’ve gotten by with using a few of clinical-strength antiperspirants (as well versions designed for your palms), I discovered that Botox injections are an effective and non-surgical treatment for excessive sweating when I divulged to a makeup artist that I had hyperhidrosis. She told me that her husband, a police offic...