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Wed, 09/17/2014 - 12:49
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Iran Produces Iontophoresis Machine

Tehran, Sept 17, IRNA - Researchers at a knowledge-based company in the Science and Technology Park of University of Tehran have developed an iontophoresis machine in collaboration with the Royal Institute of Technology University and Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. Iontophoresis is a proven, non-invasive and drug-free treatment for excessive sweating—hyperhidrosis. It is a successful therapy that should be considered if high quality maximum strength antiperspirants are unable to control sweat levels, wrote Wednesday's edition of 'Iran Daily'. The Presidential Office’s Department of Science and Technology and Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) supported the project. Over three million people suffer from hyperhidrosis in the country. The Iranian device costs one-tenth of the price of imported iontophoresis machines. Using the device has shown a 98-percent success in the treatment of the disease without any side-effects. Iontophoresis is a treatment used extensively in hospitals and clinics worldwide that passes controlled micro-electrical currents into the skin areas where excessive sweating is a problem. The current is transferred to the body in most cases by using tapwater. Common problem areas are the underarms, hands and feet, face and neck, but hyperhidrosis can affect any part of the body./end

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