Causes, Treatment and Tips
Sweating on the face
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Is the sweat literally written on your forehead? Sweating on the face is never nice, especially not if you haven’t been doing any sport at all. GALA will tell you what is behind perspiration and what you can do to prevent it.
Sweating is a normal body function and helps regulate body temperature from overheating. Especially when we do sport, but also in summer temperatures, sweating on the head is common, especially on the forehead, above the upper lip or on the nose, but it still bothered us. But there are also some situations, for example when we experience emotions such as fear or nervousness, in which we also sweat. Even then, the sweat glands are stimulated, the skin reddens and the hair on the forehead slowly begins to stick to the face.
Profuse sweating is more than uncomfortable. Sweating on the face is at the top of the list of things that we would like to get rid of straight out of our lives. Everywhere else on the body there is a chance that we can simply cover up our sweating and put on something over the affected areas so as not to draw unnecessary and, above all, unpleasant looks at ourselves. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that easy on the face, but a so-called blotting paper helps, among other things. The beauty tool removes unwanted shine from the face and mattifies make-up in seconds. Goodbye sweat! But that doesn’t end your sweating problem in the long run. Find out below what is behind sweating on your face and which tips can help you against sweating.
Causes of facial sweating
There are several causes for the production of sweat in the face, so it is not possible to directly name any one that is responsible for your sweating. However, if there is a lot of sweat production in the face, this can possibly be pathological.
A Facial hyperhidrosis can in this case be the decisive reason for this and be inheritable. Hyperhidrosis generally denotes a abnormal sweatingwhose sweat glands can be stimulated to a greater extent, for example on the head. If only one area of the body such as the head, hands or feet is affected by profuse sweating, then it is one focal hyperhidrosis, whereas the generalized hyperhidrosis the whole body can be affected by sweating. However, the different types of hyperhidrosis have one thing in common: the body produces significantly more sweat than it actually needs to regulate body temperature. Unfortunately, this can also have side effects: If sweat gets into the eyes, for example, it can cause irritation. Skin diseases such as acne can also be promoted by profuse sweating in the face.
Possible causes of hyperhidrosis include:
- fever
- Faint
- Infectious diseaseslike the flu
- hormonal changessuch as menopause or pregnancy
- Obesity
- an unhealthy lifestylesuch as excessive alcohol consumption or cigarettes
- Hypoglycemia in diabetics
- mental illness
- Metabolic diseases, like an overactive thyroid
But these can also be responsible for sweating on the face:
- nervousness
- excitement
- heat
- physically demanding activities, such as exercise
- Sauna sessions
- spicy food
- Medication
Sweating: You should see a doctor now
Many sufferers feel uncomfortable in their skin and are even ashamed of their profuse sweating. A visit to the doctor is usually avoided for years. You can treat profuse sweating well if you talk to a doctor you trust about the problem. Because before the right treatment can be carried out, an accurate diagnosis of sweating is essential. Therefore it is advisable, if you go to the doctor in any case:
- Sweating with a fever above 40 degrees Celsius that lasts for more than three days or the cause is unclear
- Sudden sweating for no apparent reason
- sudden outbreak of a sweat, without a clear cause
- Sudden and repeated night sweats without a clear trigger
You should call an emergency doctor immediately if:
- Sudden sweating with dizziness and loss of consciousness occurs
- Sweating with clouding of consciousness and restlessness appears in diabetics
- Shock with gray, cool skin, cold sweat, restlessness, fear, tremors and possible drowsiness or even loss of consciousness
Medical treatment for sweating
Depending on how bad the sweating is on the face, it can be treated accordingly. Your doctor may recommend one of the following treatments:
- Iontophoresis therapy: With this treatment method for the face, the patient is put on a mask with electrodes through which a weak electric current is passed, which temporarily weakens the sweat glands. Possible side effects can be skin irritation.
- Psychotherapeutic treatment: An anxiety disorder is the cause of profuse sweating on your face. Then psychotherapeutic treatment can help you.
- Drugs for hyperhidrosis: Medicines that contain active substances such as methantheline bromide, for example, can reduce sweat production. But here too, possible side effects can occur. These include tiredness, memory problems or dry mouth.
Tips against sweating on the face
Many sufferers struggle against sweating in the face. Reaching for a handkerchief to wipe your damp face is often not enough, unfortunately. These tips promise help against sweating – and could solve your problem too. The tips are definitely one: easy to implement and not associated with a lot of money.
- Make up: Do you like to wear makeup? Not a problem, but if you sweat a lot, make sure you get one lightly tinted day cream or one liquid concealer instead of clogging your pores and unnecessarily stimulating the sweat glands. This is how the make-up lasts and your skin can continue to breathe underneath.
- Fat-free cream: Before applying makeup, be sure to apply an oil-free cream to your face that is quickly absorbed. Otherwise, you will encourage perspiration, which means that the face will not stop sweating.
- Careful facial cleansing: If you sweat your face is a daily cleansing with one mild washing gel or cleaning wipes, because make-up residues, dirt and the like stick to sweaty skin.
- Antiperspirant: Antiperspirants in the form of deodorant, powder or cream are popular products with aluminum salts, which are often used when sweating. They are now available for different body regions, including the face. If you don’t have one at hand, you can spray a conventional antiperspirant onto a cotton pad and carefully dab your face with it to reduce sweating on your face.
- Water spray: Is your face just sweating and badly in need of cooling? Then a water spray, or a spray bottle filled with tap water, is just the thing for you, because it is refreshing and will keep you cool. Briefly close eyes and mouth and do not breathe in to avoid irritation.
- Breathable clothing: Clothing that is too warm is never good, after all, it makes you sweat, smells unpleasant of sweat and feels uncomfortable. So you better put on breathable clothing made of cotton and wool and rather wear Leather shoes instead of synthetic ones, you save yourself the stimulation of the sweat glands and the associated sweating in the face, under the armpits and Co.
- Sage tea: A tried and tested home remedy for sweating on the face are medicinal plants, especially sage tea. Drink a lukewarm (not hot!) Tea with it.
- If possible, avoid sweating on your face if possible spicy and fatty foods, nicotine, coffee and alcohol, because they only stimulate your sweat glands and really make you sweat.
- Are you going regularly for sport and / or in the saunato train the function of the sweat glands and to get the heavy sweating in the face under control. At the same time you can meanwhile lose a few pounds if you are overweightin order to automatically have to sweat less afterwards.