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| | Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive, Restorative, and Cosmetic Services, 68 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Primary hyperhidrosis is idiopathic in nature, typically involving the hands (palmar), feet (plantar), or axillae. |
 | | Treatment of primary hyperhidrosis, including endoscopic transthoracic sympathectomy and surgical excision of axillary sweat glands is medically necessary, and covered, medically necessary only in the small subset of patients with medical complications of their hyperhydrosis. |
 | | The most visually apparent symptoms of rosacea, erythema, papules, pustules, telangiectasias, and rhinophyma, may be cosmetically disconcerting to patients. |
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