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Hyperhidrosis
Excessive sweating and the surgery that treats it — cost, coverage, options and recovery.
Hyperhidrosis condition page →Treatment options
Hyperhidrosis treatment options, step by step
Antiperspirants, iontophoresis, pills, Botox, miraDry and ETS surgery: what each does, its downsides, and which suits your underarms, hands or feet.
Read the article Treatment optionsmiraDry pros and cons: a surgeon’s honest view
Long-lasting underarm results without compensatory sweating, weighed against recovery, numbness and cost, and how it compares with Botox and ETS.
Read the article Cost & coverageIs ETS surgery for sweating covered by OHIP?
Yes — but coverage isn’t the point. What OHIP pays for, how it differs from Botox and miraDry, and why patient selection matters most.
Read the article Risks & recoveryCompensatory sweating after ETS: the risk I discuss most
The main trade-off of ETS, explained honestly — how common it is, why the nerve level matters, and why I operate on only about a third of the patients I see.
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