Listed below are some obvious and not so obvious Sweat Prevention tips for your underarms, face, hands and foot sweating. Enjoy!
 Drink Plenty of Water – Many people can’t understand this one. They think if they drink water, the body will sweat more to compensate. Wrong! Drinking lots of water will keep your body cool. By keeping a cool internal temperature, the hyperactive sweat glands have no reason to prespire. It’s important to drink 8 glasses of water a day. |
 Try Shoe Inserts – When my foot sweating was bad, I used to love Odor Eaters. Although they didn’t prevent the foot sweating, they certainly prevented the odor that came along with it by absorbing the moisture. |
 Vinegar Foot Baths – Mix half a cup of vinegar with 1 cup of water in a footbath and soak your feet for 15 minutes. Do this twice a week and you’ll see a HUGE improvement in your plantar hyperhidrosis. The acid in the vinegar is the magic ingredient. |
 Wear Loose Fitting clothing – Breathable material will do wonders for your excessive sweating problem. Absorbent socks are great too. Invest in some good pairs. Wear open toe shoes whenever possible. Cottons work best for clothing. |
 Powder your Parts – After bathing or showering, apply a baby powder or medical goldbond powder to your common sweating areas. This will prevent irritation and relieve the skin. Irritated skin is more likely to perspire and cause further irritability and rashes.Using powder will also cover up any body odor that may be associated with sweating. |
 Change your Socks frequently – This will cut down on exposure to foot bacteria and really help out with the odor. Good hygiene never hurts too.Many stores like Gap make special “breathable” socks that wick away moisture using specially designed cotton. You can find comparable socks in many different chain stores. |
 Apply Antiperspirant to your hands and feet – Be on the lookout for skin irritation when you do this. You can accidently give yourself a rash if you react poorly to the brand of choice. This can help though temporarily with palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis. |
 Use Alternating Temperatures when you Shower – I like to start the shower warm and turn it to cold a minute or two before I get out. This is refreshing and will cool your body temperature in a very naturally and gradual way. I love it because it really wakes me up in the morning and gets me ready to start the day.There’s nothing more frustrating than getting sweaty right after you step out of the shower. When you end your shower with a cold blast of water, you’ll effectively cool yourself down and prevent overheating while dressing. |
 Avoid Spicy Foods – I love chicken curry as much as the next guy, but I know better. Spicy foods encourage sweating and you’re going to have to bite the bullet and avoid these foods until you get your perspiration under control.So yes, you’re going to need to pass on the hot wings during football season. But hey, just think about how much more you’ll enjoy watching the Superbowl when you don’t have to pack three different changes of clothes. |
 Wash Your Hands Frequently – I recommend washing your hands often using anti-bacterial soap. This may have a drying effect, but once your hand sweating stops, you can figure out a nice happy medium as to how often you should do this. |
Solving Your Sweating Problem…
Let’s go beyond these tips and get to the root of your problem. Excessive sweating is a systemic problem caused by internal triggers. The medical term for it is hyperhidrosis. The good news is you CAN end the perspiration for good but you NEED to know the exact steps to accomplish this. Here’s where this site comes in…
Apply Natural Treatments – I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. There is no substitute for having a systematic game plan when you decide to end your excessive sweating. Try as many natural treatments as you can including a proper hyperhidrosis diet, sage tea soaks, baking soda & water solutions, tea tree oil, Thiamine (which combats stress), acupuncture, Alum, and witch hazel. I’ll be expanding on all of these solutions soon enough.
March 27th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Amazing stuff here! I’m going to try the Vinegar foot baths you mentioned. The sage tea tans my feet a little too much. Keep the tips coming brother!
May 16th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
Hi Jason, I’m really frustrated right about now, things feel really hopeless,can you send more suggestions please?
May 17th, 2009 at 8:03 am
Hi Denva, You got it! I’ve got LOADS more tips that I’ll be sending your way on how to stop excessive sweating. This is just the tip of the iceberg. I also have some very helpful product recommendations in the works. Still testing some of them out for you. Keep your head up!
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:59 pm
I suffer from really bad facial sweating…simple embarrassment makes me sweat…it’s really upsetting. Can I get some prevention tips for this?
June 16th, 2009 at 6:34 am
Thanks Paul. Yes, I’ll be sending you some great tips on how to stop excessive facial sweating VERY soon. Stay tuned.
June 22nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Hi, i need some help for my best friend. What products can he use? He sweats a LOT under the arms.
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Have him start with the basics. Drysol and Certain Dri should be the first step if other clinical strength deodorants aren’t working. Remember, Aluminum Chloride is the magic ingredient so aim for antiperspirants with high levels.
June 27th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Hey Jason,
Just wanna ask you something… is Drysol available on drugstores?
Does it really work?
I’m hopeless, i wanted to get rid of this excessive sweating ASAP! It’s really embarrassing! I can no longer lift my arms up in public and seriously, it makes me feel bad everyday especially when doing any activities at school that requires a lot of movement. Can you please suggest some quick and fast remedies for this one?
June 27th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Do you have any tips for the face? My face sweats more than anything and it’s so embarassing. Could I use the vinegar soak somehow on my face?
June 28th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Hey Samiie,
Thanks for your post. Drysol IS available in most US drugstores. If you’re living outside the US, looking for an equivalent product called Driclor. Both products definitely work well with armpit sweating. They contain 20% aluminum chloride which really blocks the floodgates under your arms. Try either one out. They’re both readily available online. I’ve posted links where you can buy any of these recommended products through Amazon. You can check it out here:
http://www.prevent-sweating.com/blog/sweat-stopping-product-recommendations
As for other armpit sweating remedies, I’ll keep them coming in the weeks ahead. Take Care!
July 5th, 2009 at 1:17 am
Hi Jason,
Do you have any tips on head sweat? I’m getting married the 25th of this month and my head sweats so bad. I don’t want my hair looking gross and wet for my pictures! My head is my only problem, i don’t sweat so bad anywhere else. some information would be amazing!
thank you so much!
July 14th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Hi Jason – same as Paul’s note in June – I suffer from heavy facial sweating. It started around 5 yrs ago and seems to be getting worse.
I’ve tried all the NLP stuff but nothing seems to last.
Can you suggest anything?
July 18th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Hi Jason,
I have a huge facial sweating problem. I even quit my job because I couldn’t stand it anymore rushing out of important meetings with clients. You say that drinking water is essential but how come every time I drink I sweat profusely…?
I live in Bulgaria and can’t use US products. For my armpits I am using a spray called ODOREX which decreases my armpit sweating drastically.
Regards
Daniel
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Hi Jason,
I just wanted to say that unfortunately the sage tea bags really don’t help for me and Certain Dri helps only a little. Are there any pills you can take to prevent sweating? And is drysol sold in stores?
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Yes. You can try taking Robinul for Hyperhidrosis (also called “Glycopyrrolate”). Learn more about this drug alternative here: http://www.prevent-sweating.com/Robinul–for–Hyperhidrosis/Robinul–for–Hyperhidrosis.html
Best of Luck!
August 5th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
As I mentioned earlier. Try the basics, illustrated from this blog post: http://www.prevent-sweating.com/blog/3-easy-ways-to-stop-facial-sweating
If those don’t work, we can talk about other options
August 5th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Sorry, this reply is coming in late. Better late than never though. Make sure you check out this blog post to learn some facial sweating tactics: http://www.prevent-sweating.com/blog/3-easy-ways-to-stop-facial-sweating
September 7th, 2009 at 9:58 am
hi Jason
I live in hot climatic conditions. My problem is, when I am outside and moving(at room temp), I seem okay. but when I get into office atmosphere with the airconditionong some how my feet sole start to sweat due to cold temperature (Even if I wear sandals).With poor air ventilation/movement indoors, constantly sitting in one place & this sweating makes life realy bad…& the odour builds.
I felt it kinda strange….generally ppl complain of sweat due to heat and lack of airy footwear. What is your kind opinion?
thanks
September 7th, 2009 at 10:03 am
hi Jason
I live in hot climatic conditions. My problem is, when I am outside and moving(at room temp), I seem okay. but when I get into office atmosphere with the airconditionong some how my feet sole start to sweat due to cold temperature (Even if I wear sandals).With poor air ventilation/movement indoors, constantly sitting in one place & this sweating makes life realy bad…& the stale odour builds throughout. And yea , the area in between the toes gets white, sometimes green.
I felt it kinda strange….generally ppl complain of sweat due to heat or lack of airy footwear. I would be really grateful to hear your kind opinion…
thanks
September 14th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Sounds like a strange scenario. Have you tried applying Goldbond’s powder to the soles of your feet and inbetween your toes? Even if the sweating isn’t temperature induced, the powder will give you some dry time by absorbing the wetness. Try it out and let me know if that helps.
September 21st, 2009 at 11:25 am
If you have sensitive skin or razor irritation, stay away from Drysol and Certain Dri. You’ll end with pain and a lot of skin irritation, which will lead to more sweating or seepage and underarm odor. I wipe with white vinegar, blow dry, then use Michum mens, blowdry, then add powder, then attach an underarm shield (Kleinert) to by garment before wearing. This is the only way I can control the wetness and the odor
September 23rd, 2009 at 7:18 pm
half a cup of vinegar and One cup of water doesn’t seem deep enough to soak your feet have I got the right amount right
November 8th, 2009 at 2:30 am
I have a lady friend who suffers grossly from sweating. Not under her arms, or facial or hands and feet; BUT FULL BODY SWEAT BACK AND FRONT EVERYTIME SHE GOES WALKING. Please can you suggest any help for this Lady, who is my best friend. Thank you.
November 30th, 2009 at 3:08 am
thank u very much for supporting needy peoples……………….good job…………….
December 7th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Thank you so much! I’ll try some of these tips, and please, keep on sending them! I feel really hopeless, but I’ll try anything!
Many Thanks!
December 13th, 2009 at 11:27 am
I am 27 years old. I have sweting problem in my hand please send me the suggestion how I am removing this problem. what I can do & what kind of food & what exercise do.
I want to totally remove this thing
I feel bad I can’t shake my hand my hand continoiusly water flow
give the suggestion
January 6th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
i will try your recommendation,how it is effective! I’m super frustrated and embarrass at all times my clothes get wet.
i hope that it would be effective to me so that i would not shy always…
January 6th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
thank u very much……..