臭到女友頂唔順 決心開刀

 

坊間治療多汗症方法五花八門，外科專科醫生陳東飛表示，首名接受 ELS手術的 35歲男病人，被嚴重腳汗、腳臭困擾長達五年，曾向中醫求診，用中藥材浸腳無效，因其女友難頂其腳汗、腳臭問題，男病人遂於今年 10月接受該手術，脫離腳臭一族。

陳指，男病人自小出現腳汗，至近年趨嚴重，出外要改穿凉鞋，避免焗腳。他每天回公司及返家後，第一時間衝入廁所洗腳，去除腳汗臭味。若要買鞋，更要先回家 洗腳，洗走腳臭味，再到家中附近鞋店「極速」買鞋，避免試鞋時因腳臭引起尷尬。


在家無法穿拖鞋

踏入夏天，他更會因腳汗太多，要穿襪子吸汗，對日常生活構成不便，在家更無法穿着拖鞋，否則容易跣腳，增加發生意外風險。該名男病人 10月完成手術後，腳汗問題即時停止。 陳東飛稱，另一名 50多歲女病人， 30年前曾接受手汗手術，引致出現補償性腳汗。女病人夏天須穿襪子吸汗。外出時，要經常到商場搵廁所洗腳，嚴重影響日常社交生活。她正等候接受 ELS手術，解決腳汗困擾。

外科專科 陳東飛醫生






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Cold comfort for fixing unsightly skin condition

People with an unsightly scar tissue condition may benefit from a new combination treatment, says the surgeon who developed the therapy.

The technique, which involves freezing, can treat keloid an overgrowth of scar tissue that develops around a wound said Tony Chan Tung-fei.

Chan said he started using the technique earlier this year and has treated 10 patients so far. But it is not cheap, at HK$10,000 to HK$20,000 per keloid.

Keloid usually appears on earlobes, arms, shoulders, knees, chest and back. Chan said 30 percent of people will develop it after ear piercing.

Those with a family history are likely to develop keloid. The condition is also related to the level of severity of a wound such as scalds and bacterial infections.

Chan combines cryotherapy with a clip-on magnetic compression earring. Liquid nitrogen of minus 196 degrees Celsius is injected to freeze the scar and impede tissue growth.

This helps to reduce by half or two-thirds the size of the keloid. The earring suppresses capillaries so oxygen is not generated. "There is a 70 percent chance of keloid not recurring with the magnetic compression and cryotherapy. So far no patient has shown signs of recurrence," Chan said.

Patients should wear the earring for eight to 12 hours at a time.

Steroids have been used to treat keloid but that carries a 90 percent recurrence rate.

Many choose to undergo surgery but during recovery the scar might become larger, he said.

A keloid sufferer, Ms Lo, 27, from Macau, had her ears pierced 10 years ago. A year later, her ear became inflamed.

"I consulted the doctor in Macau and underwent surgery three times but it kept recurring," she said.

"It looked so ugly I covered it with my hair all the time."

Lo started cryotherapy last year and now the swollen part of the ear is nearly flat. She also had steroid jabs to minimize the chance of recurrence.

Since June Lo has used magnetic compression, wearing the earring for four to five hours a day. The keloid has not come back.

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