Your practitioner

Nurse Ness Abbey

Clinical Lead and Director, Aesthetics

Every hyperhidrosis treatment at our Morpeth clinic is carried out by Ness Abbey or a senior member of her nurse-led Northumberland team. As an Independent Nurse Prescriber, Ness (NMC 10E0349E), with 16 years of clinical experience and a dedicated aesthetics focus since 2019, oversees your care, assessing your suitability, planning your treatment and ensuring natural, healthy-looking results for your skin.

Relief

Typical relief from a single botulinum toxin treatment

When will I see results?

Sweating usually starts to reduce within a few days, with the full effect developing over about two weeks. Relief from a single treatment typically lasts around four to six months, after which it can be repeated to keep sweating under control.

Improved quality of life

Reducing excessive sweating eases both the physical discomfort and the emotional strain it can cause.

Long-lasting relief

A single botulinum toxin treatment can reduce sweating for around four to six months.

Noticeably drier

By calming overactive sweat glands, treatment clearly reduces sweat and the disruption it causes.

More confidence

With less sweating, many people feel more at ease in social and professional situations.

Underarms

Axillary sweating is one of the most commonly and effectively treated areas.

Face and scalp

Calms facial and scalp sweating that can affect daily comfort.

Hands

Reduces sweaty palms that can interfere with work and social situations.

Feet

Helps manage excessive sweating of the soles of the feet.

Sweating through clothing

Visible sweat marks that affect your clothing choices and confidence.

Sweaty palms at work

Damp hands that make handshakes, writing or using devices uncomfortable.

Social anxiety from sweating

Worry about sweating in social or professional settings.

Antiperspirants not enough

Sweating that continues despite strong antiperspirants.

Primary hyperhidrosis

Overactive sweat glands with no underlying medical cause, most often affecting the underarms, hands, feet or scalp. It frequently begins in adolescence and can run in families.

Secondary hyperhidrosis

Sweating driven by another factor such as medication, hormonal change or an underlying health condition. Because the cause matters, a prescriber-led assessment comes first.

Clinical antiperspirants

Strong aluminium-based antiperspirants are usually the first step and can be enough for milder cases.

Iontophoresis

A device that passes a weak electrical current through water, used mainly for the hands and feet. It needs regular repeat sessions to keep working.

Botulinum toxin injections

Injections that block the nerve signals telling the sweat glands to switch on. One treatment typically reduces sweating for several months before it is repeated.

A single treatment

One treatment typically reduces sweating for around four to six months.

Repeat treatments

Many people repeat treatment a couple of times a year to maintain comfort.

Maintenance

Top-up treatments keep sweating under control as the effect wears off.

Your personalised plan

Your nurse recommends the right approach and timing for you during your consultation.