If you are looking for practical ways on how to prevent excessive sweating, you can try out these techniques:
- Take a bath or shower everyday
If you feel that you are sweating too much, a daily bath or shower will help you reduce your body’s temperature and thus reduce your perspiration.
- Use an antiperspirant
Many people prefer to use products that have an antiperspirant rather than an antiperspirant containing chemicals. This type of product will not only help you prevent excessive perspiration, but also helps prevent body odor.
- Lose weight
Yes! Losing weight will reduce the amount you sweat both when you are doing leisure activities as well as doing heavy activities where your body may produce more sweat. I know you know that to reduce weight, you usually get rid of excess fluids as well right? Well, as your body weight decreases, the amount of fluids you excrete with your sweat decreases and this makes you sweat less.
- Learn to relax
Many people when stressed or nervous they start to sweat excessively as a way of cooling down. This technique can work if you learn to relax via breathing exercises or yoga. Not only will you be more relaxed but it will also improve your health as a whole which in turn helps you sweat less all the time.
- Practice yoga
You can also try out yoga. Yoga will help you calm your “Yoshida” or your over-active sweat glands, and thus will help you sweat less. And one good thing yoga will do is improve your posture, which will also reduce excessive sweating.
You can also try out certain relaxation techniques to de-stress yourself. One technique is called ” Visualization” and it involves putting your mind into a neutral place where you can stop your thoughts and “see” your problems, instead of thinking them. Another technique is “Relaxation” and it just gives you an easier way to calm your mind without the use of words.
- Practice Kegel exercises
If you want to know how to prevent excessive sweating, you can try out the kegel exercise. It is a series of exercises that you can do to tighten your pelvic floor muscles. You can do this exercise by tightening your pelvic floor muscles before you sneeze, cough or lift your leg. Doing this will help you prevent excessive sweating.
- Wear baggy clothes
This technique is easy, all you have to do is find clothes that will allow you to breathe. You can either put gym clothes or clothes that are made with breathable materials. Doing this will keep away excessive perspiration. These are great for summer or for air-conditioning but not so good during cold seasons.
- Stay in doors
This is also one of the ways to prevent excessive sweating. If you stay in offices or malls, you should avoid coming into direct contact with escalators, door handles and so on. This is so that you can avoid direct contact with allergens and materials that may cause allergic reaction.
- Stay in colours other than white
Not only do white clothes make you look tall, but colours also. Alternate colours are more eye-catching and create a more vibrant atmosphere. Also, never wear the same shade of clothes all the time because different colours have a different smell. Always remember that once you finish wearing the shade, it is already perfume.
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