While driving into work today, a commercial came on the radio that gave me something to blog about. Did you know that you can now get Botox injected into your armpit if you sweat uncontrollably? As the commercial said, “Do you sweat through your shirt, even in the middle of winter?” Well, as a matter of fact, yes I do, but Botox would be the last thing I use to treat it. But then again, I don’t think I have “primary axillary hyperhidrosis.” If I think about the times I’ve pitted out in the winter, it usually involves shoveling snow, or while in college, I had to walk about a mile from my dorm to the campus, which would always raise my temperature and cause me to pitt out.
There’s just something about injecting Botox into your body that seems wrong to me. Botox is short for “Botulinum Toxin Type A.” Call me crazy, but I always thought toxins were bad, and I also thought botulism was a bad thing too. I think the risks outweigh the benefits, especially when most of the conditions that are treated with Botox are generally not extremely serious to begin with. (i.e. removing facial wrinkles.) I’d much rather be a little embarrassed from having a pitted out shirt, than having poison injected into my body. Wouldn’t you?
6 comments:
I believe treating primary axillary hyperhidrosis was the originally conceived use of Botox, and has been going on for quite some time. People with that condition not only have stained shirts, but also smell inconceivably bad. It's incredibly socially embarassing for them, and it impacts their life in real ways. But for vanity reasons, yeah, it seems stupid, especially given how weird you look after the injection.
I don't miss the days in high school when I'd sweat through my shirt during morning marching band practice before classes even started! That was socially embarassing.
My crotch is always sweaty.
Maybe I can get an injection in my chode.
Injection in your chode? You sure about that? Who calls it a chode? I'll have to use that later today and give you props.
I believe that was Beavis and Butthead that introduced me to that term.
There's actually a lot of debate about what "chode" means. I won't sully this blog with describing the options.
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