Topical therapies for hyperhidrosis

Are there any topical therapies for hyperhidrosis? Absolutely, so you can use simple antiperspirants, and particularly for the armpit or axilla, this is where you should start. And then there are more specialised topical agents including aluminium compounds, which should be tried in the first instance, because obviously they don't involve any intervention or necessarily any taking of medication. There are downsides to those and they can cause skin irritation, but there are ways around this and should certainly be tried, but because of the downsides some people have difficulty using topical therapy, but we generally recommend this as the first line of treatment.