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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Laura Forsyth and Es Best

How to manage excessive sweating: from cooling bedding to leak-proof underwear

Sweating is completely normal, but for some of us, it can feel anything but. If you’re constantly checking your underarms, avoiding light colours, or finding yourself overheating even when it’s not warm, you could be dealing with more than just a little post-gym glow.

Known as hyperhidrosis, according to NHS, excessive sweating affects around 1 in 100 people and can be triggered by everything from stress to hormones to simply bad luck. But here’s the good news: we spoke to a team of experts, and there are ways to manage it. And no, it doesn’t always mean heading straight for clinical treatment.

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