It is one of our active reflexes. But sometimes, the feeling of dread, depression and anxiety can lead one to experience some medical disorders and one of this is hyperhidrosis.

Hyperhidrosis is explained as a condition of releasing an abnormally excessive amount of perspiration for minimal or no reason at all. This means that a person undergoing this sort of disorder sweats too much in any part of his body even on a cold weather. The most common affected areas of the person having this problem are the hands, the feet and the palm (which is called palmoplantar hyperhidrosis), the forehead, upper lip, perioral region or sternum after several moments of eating spicy or hot foods (which is called gustatory hyperhidrosis) and any other parts of the body when under a hot, humid atmosphere or after exercising (which is called generalized hyperhidrosis). Excessive facial sweating or facial hyperhidrosis also takes place when one sweats in any part of his face with or without any reason. Sweat just comes out of the pores, leaving the person dripping with it on any or every part of his face. It can come along with facial blushing.

Excessive facial sweating may be often caused by the following factors:

- certain conditions of the central nervous system.

- problems in the spinal cord & nerves.

- mental conditions such as anxiety, nervousness, stress & tension.

- certain emotions like being too happy or being depressed.

- medical conditions such as hyperthyroidism, infections, malignancy, autoimmune disorders, obesity, menopause, diabetes, psychiatric disorder or tumor on an adrenal gland.

If facial hyperhidrosis could not be treated or regulated at the earliest possible time, it can affect the living of the person subjected to the disorder. You can't just imagine the embarrassment one feels upon having this disorder and the worst in the part of the body which you can never hide from people, the face. They might feel very awkward in talking to people thus affecting their social relationships. They will have a hard time dealing and negotiating in everyday social situations that require them to talk or interact closely with others. When this happens, they tend to have a very low self-esteem and naturally they isolate themselves from their peers to avoid more embarrassment brought on by their disorder and to reduce the tendencies of having to expose their disorder to the public. Due to this, it is not just the social areas that are being affected. The personal and professional side of the person is also very greatly affected. Because of more worries and concerns about dealing with others, the tendency is that the person can no longer function normally and dreads the idea of having to face a crowd. Facial hyperhidrosis might sound a very ordinary disorder but you cannot imagine the effects it entails to you and the people around you if treatment and regulation for this is not sought.