She may have gained a reputation for wiping down her keyboard whenever anyone approaches, but those on the receiving end of one of her damp handshakes puts it down to hyper vigilant desk cleaning and not smeary hand goop. Keep hand wipes handyĪ top tip from a friend of mine who suffers with slippery hands, is to keep a pack of baby wipes handy. As for application? You simply roll it over your hands in the same way you'd roll your regular deodorant under your armpits. The clinical strength antiperspirant has been meticulously put together so as to mop up excess moisture without drying skin out and causing irritation. You may have tried armpit deodorant, but have you tried one on your hands? Sweat Guard’s Antiperspirant For Excessive Hand Sweating (phwoar) may not be the sexiest product to have knocking around in your wash bag, but it was created by a fellow hyperhidrosis sufferer after he struggled to find an effective solution to see off unwanted sweat. Try a hand deodorant (yes, this is actually a thing) But (hallelujah!), there are steps we can take to stem the leak. For many, the problem can feel as much psychological as it is physical, which means you need only think about hand clam and wooosh instantly sodden palms. Frustratingly, it’s still not known for sure what exactly causes this condition, but, “patients with primary hyperhidrosis are thought to have a higher-than-normal basal level of sweat production, as well as an increased response to stimuli such as emotional or physical stress,” says Sadideen. More prevalent, however, is primary hyperhidrosis. I once had to “air shake” my future boss' hand at an interview after fessing up to palm clam and I speak from experience when I say it doesn’t make for an empowering first impression. For others, like me, it can be an inconveniently common affliction that has awkward ramifications. For some, it’s an unusual occurrence brought on by especially stressful situations. I myself, am a fully-fledged member of the club, having had unusually slippery hands for as long as I can remember (problematic given my job as a beauty journalist involves meeting new people and attending events and meetings daily). In fact, hyperhidrosis (where sufferers experience excessive sweating in specific parts of their body, such as arm pits, soles of feet or palms of hands) is an issue that affects an estimated 365 million of us worldwide to varying degrees, according to the International Hyperhidrosis Society. If you haven’t spent the moments before an interview nervously wiping your wet hands down the back of your legs, consider yourself very much the exception. A quick poll of the GLAMOUR office and it seems that most of us has befallen hand slime (not a technical term) at one point or another. Sound familiar? Turns out, it’s more common than you’d think. Hands up, who has them? One of life’s greatest binds, is going to shake someone else’s hand and whoop yours slides straight out of their grasp.
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