Great points all around. If you were to ask me a satisfation rate during the winter months, it would be very high but if you were to ask me during the summer, it would be extremely low. Of course, I was fortunate not to have many of the other side effects other people have (so far at least). I totally agree you need a combination of medical facts as well as testimonials to assure people are fully informed before making a decision on whether to have this done or not. Dr. Garza told me that I could have extra sweating in other areas but it is very well tolerated by most people. Stupid me, I thought I don't sweat in those areas now so how bad could it be? And of course, I used the logic that if all my hand sweat was spead out over my body, it would have to be very mild. ETS is like a great athlete....you can't stop it, you can only hope to contain it.