Have you ever decided not to wear your new cashmere sweater
because you didn’t want your sweat to ruin it? Have you ever put on that
cashmere sweater and ruined it with sweat spots that won’t wash or dry clean
out?
If your answer is yes, you are not alone. Many Americans
suffer from excessive sweating or Hyperhidrosis. And, I happen to be one of
those people. I began suffering from excessive sweating, suddenly at the age of
23. It made me so self-conscious about my clothing choices as well as my odor.
And, in turn those emotions became anxiety. I thought to myself, what if
somebody sees my sweat spots or worse, what if they smell a sub shop aroma
coming from my arm pits. The thoughts alone
scared me and gave me anxiety.
What I didn’t know is that I was making my problem worse.
Anxiety is one of the main causes of Hyperhidrosis. Therefore, hoping that you
do not sweat will actually trigger your body to begin sweating. So, one
solution is to stop thinking about not sweating, however that is easily said
than done.
Deodorant is also another option to keep those sweat spots
out of your clothes. Consequently, a lot of deodorants do not work for people
who truly suffer from excessive sweating. I bought men’s deodorant, women’s
deodorant, I even went and got the clinical stuff, but my underarms would still
sweat profusely.
The excessive sweating not only made me self conscious, but
it also made me feel disgusting in my clothes. The feeling of wet armpits, and
wet clothing, made me cringe. I began feeling uncomfortable in my clothes,
which made me feel uncomfortable with myself, which led me to feel more than
just the anxiety, it made me feel a little depressed.
Until one day, I began thinking of different solutions to my
problem. I tried every remedy I could find, so what should I do now? Then the
idea came to me “Underarm Sweat Shields”. They will be absorbent, cotton
underarm sweat shields, that you can strap onto your arm, so that when you do
sweat, the pad will absorb the sweat. But, I believe the greatest benefit to
the washable sweat shields, is that it eliminates the anxiety that goes along
with excessive sweating or Hyperhidrosis.
When I made my first pair of underarm sweat shields, they
were not perfect but I knew I was onto something. As I wore them more and more,
I first realized that I can not wear another piece of clothing without them.
They keep the sweat spots away from my nice clothing and I can go my whole
entire day without thinking about sweating. And from day one, they quickly
became a necessity like, undergarments and shoes.
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