It was just another day at school when sophomore Cole Villaflor and his classmates were asked to write on-demand essays in class. As he approached this seemingly easy assignment, his hands began to sweat, dampening the page. Trying to ignore it,Villaflor continued to write but his perspiration caused the ink to smear and the page to tear. After struggling through his essay, Cole, embarrassed and defeated, handed his paper to the teacher explaining the reason for its battered presentation: hyperhidrosis.
During elementary school, Villafor was diagnosed with palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis, and