The cause of Sweaty hands is not entirely known—why excessive sweating occurs more in some people than others. Doctors do know the root cause of sweaty hands and other excessive sweating conditions: an overactive sympathetic nervous system. They are just unclear why some people have an overactive sympathetic chain causing Sweaty hands. The Thoracic Sympathetic Ganglion chain—which runs alongside the vertebrae in the chest—controls the sweat glands in the entire body. If you alter this sympathetic system, you can curb excessive sweating in areas all over the body including sweaty hands and Underarm Sweating.

If you only have a problem with sweaty hands and not other parts of the body, surgery to repair the sympathetic nervous system can still be effective. Most often, people have a problem with Sweaty hands combined with sweating in other areas—usually the facial and Underarm Sweating. So surgery to correct sweaty hands will also control Excessive sweating problems in other areas of the body like underarm sweating. Surgery is actually most recommended to those patients who suffer a combination of sweaty hands, excessive sweating including facial and underarm sweating.

If a patient only suffers from excessive sweating in one area of the body, such as Underarm Sweating, surgery may not be recommended until all other avenues have been exhausted. Sweaty hands, on the other hand, can be treated with surgery regardless if the patient also suffers from underarm sweating or other types of excessive sweating disorders. Sweaty hands or palmar hyperhidrosis are the most common sweat disorder. If you have heard bad reports about the excessive sweating surgery, there have been major developments that have improved the success rate and shortened recovery time.

In the past, the surgery to cure Sweaty hands involved entering the sympathetic nervous system through the lower neck, chest cavity, or back. These methods could result in scarring and a prolonged and painful recovery period. Surgery for sweaty hands now employs making a minor incision—normally in the chest or stomach—using miniature cameras. The results are a better success rate for curing sweaty hands as well as a vastly shortened recovery time. Unlike past surgeries for sweaty hands, new Endoscopic surgery procedures can be done on an outpatient basis—a better success rate for the surgery with much less of a risk for complications or discomfort.

During the surgery, the sympathetic chain of the nervous system is either severed or clamped. It will be determined by you and your doctor which method to use to cure Sweaty hands problem. Each doctor may have a preferred use of clamping or cutting the nerve. If you are interested in the potential reversal of the surgery, be sure to find a surgeon who specializes in the clamping method for Excessive sweating disorders. On the whole, surgery for sweaty hands and excessive sweating has a high success rate but this can also vary according to surgeon.