

Reading Time: <1 minuteAs the weather gets warmer, we are receiving more and more consultations regarding body odor and hyperhidrosis. At our clinic, we use the EL method, which is the least risky and most painless method to treat body odor and hyperhidrosis. As the director of our clinic, I have performed more than 1,500 cases of body odor and hyperhidrosis surgery over my 35 years of experience in cosmetic surgery. I believe that we are one of the top clinics in Japan in terms of the number of cases. Recently, non-surgical, non-blood-invasive treatments such as MiraDry and ViewHot have become popular, but their effectiveness and actual situation are unclear. At our clinic, we perform the technically extremely difficult EL method, but compared to MiraDry and ViewHot, it is overwhelmingly more effective, has fewer risks, and has less downtime, so more than half of our first-time patients are retreatment patients who have already received MiraDry or ViewHot and are not satisfied with the results.
Patients come from all over the country to receive treatment. Retreatment with MiraDry is particularly prominent, and unlike the flashy advertising, the disadvantages of MiraDry treatment are noticeable. First of all, unlike the EL method, which has no pain after treatment, MiraDry often causes severe pain that continues for a long time after the treatment, and it also causes severe swelling due to burns to the skin. In most cases, MiraDry treatment is performed by nurses, and it must be said that it is inferior in all aspects to the EL method performed by specialists. At the medical institution where the director is a doctor who has never performed surgery or other treatment for body odor or hyperhidrosis, only MiraDry equipment is introduced and nurses perform the treatment according to the manual, which is a gray zone treatment in medicine. Nurses have little knowledge of body odor and hyperhidrosis, and cannot care for or respond to anatomical knowledge or thermal invasion of the skin. Only doctors can perform the treatment. Is the treatment performed by nurses really effective? Can we really say that the treatment performed by nurses is risk-free? Unlike hair removal, treatment of body odor and hyperhidrosis requires advanced knowledge and experience. I can say with certainty that nurses cannot treat body odor and hyperhidrosis at a proper medical level. If there are doctors at medical institutions where nurses perform MiraDry and have any objections to my claims, I would appreciate it if you would contact us directly. As the gray areas of cosmetic medicine have been highlighted and problems have been reported, I believe it is also the role of cosmetic surgeons to make medical care more transparent. I believe that nurse treatment should be avoided at all costs. The doctor who first examined and explained the patient should be responsible for the safety and effectiveness of the treatment of body odor and hyperhidrosis. As the director of our clinic, I am responsible for all explanations, examinations, and treatments, so I hope you will feel at ease when consulting us.
