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Noticed that the person next to you is not sweating? Perhaps they have poison in their armpits.
Excessive perspirers are having their sweat glands turned off with injections of Botox, according to a cosmetic surgery company, The Harley Medical Group.
It says the number of patients receiving the "sweatox" injections has trebled in the past three months and now makes up 31 per cent of its treatments involving Botox, more commonly used to smooth wrinkles.
It can block the nerve endings of sweat glands in the arms, chest, hands and feet. The company says the treatment dries out those who suffer from the condition hyperhidrosis, as well as those who sweat profusely on first dates or "wish to appear cool at work". It costs £550 ($1512) and lasts for six months.
"Whilst normal sweating regulates body temperature, excessive sweating can be chronically embarrassing," said Nicky Naylor, a Botox specialist.
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