A medical term used to describe sweating on parts of the body that otherwise would not sweat so much. Compensatory sweating is one of the side affects of sympathectomy and affects most or all patients. Most of the patients will describe it as mild to moderate and in about 5% it will be described as severe.

Compensatory sweating is a phenomenon which affects individuals who have had surgery to treat hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating). It refers to the occurrence of excessive sweating at new body sites (e [..]