We're Kasper and David - two sweaty guys who started Carpe, a company that makes products to help stop sweat all over the body!
When we were growing up, we sweat a lot, and we never really heard anybody talking about it. We've spent the past few years thinking about sweat, researching sweat, and working on sweat solutions - and now, we want to talk about sweat.
Here, you'll hear the uncensored stories of our experiences with sweat. You'll hear from doctors, and dermatologists, and researchers, and regular sweaty folks just like us.
So join us, and let's talk about sweat!
Dr. Ashish Bhatia joined us and our listeners live on the evening of July 15th to answer questions about sweating, treatments for excessive sweating, and everything in between. You can listen to our full discussion here, and hear all of his useful sweat tips - including what to do about scalp sweat, how he would treat flushing while sweating, and even how to minimize the pain of Botox injections.
1 May 2020
Sweat Stories From a Dermatologist (with Dr. Vikas Patel)
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Vikas Patel, the founder of North Carolina Dermatology Associates and an active dermatologist who helps many people treat their excessive sweating each month. Join us to learn about his stories helping patients with their hyperhidrosis!
(0:00) Intro
(2:07) Dr. Patel and the Quarantine
(8:09) A Patient's Journey
(14:50) Other Stories
(17:02) Varied Experiences
(23:20) A Message to the Sweaty
17 Apr 2020
How Common is Excessive Sweating?
In growing Carpe, we've come to realize that a LOT more people sweat excessively than most of us realize. In this episode, we talk about what we've seen, what we've heard, and what we've learned. If you've ever felt alone in your sweating, this is a perspective you'll definitely want to hear.
(0:00) Intro
(3:05) How We Realized This is a Problem
(8:43) How Prevalent Hyperhidrosis Is
(15:55) Excessive Sweating Beyond Hyperhidrosis
(22:00) Why Awareness is Growing
16 Apr 2020
The History of Antiperspirants
Kasper and David talk about the history of antiperspirants - from the very first one in 1903 (or maybe the one in 1909 earns that title?), through all the innovation that has happened since. If you've ever used one, this is the story of how that was made possible!
(0:00) Intro
(2:36) What Did People Do Before Antiperspirants?
(6:05) Everdry, Probably the First Antiperspirant
(6:33) Odorono, the Mother of All Antiperspirants
(12:00) Antiperspirants After Odorono
(17:20) Antiperspirants Stop Evolving
(22:58) The Future of Antiperspirants
10 Apr 2020
How Humans Evolved to Sweat (with Andrew Best)
Andrew Best is a PhD candidate at the University of Massachusetts, and is quickly becoming one of the leading researchers in the field of the evolution of human sweating. Here, he joins us to talk about how sweating began, how and why humans evolved to be so much more sweaty than our ancestors, and what that could mean for sweating today. Join us for a fascinating dive into the history of sweat.
(0:00) Intro
(2:00) Background of Andrew Best
(7:00) How Sweating Started
(16:20) Humans Sweat More
(24:18) Present-Day Variation Amongst Humans
(36:25) The Evolution of Emotional Sweating
(41:50) The Questions That Remain
References from the show:
Persistence Hunting Documentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o)
Andrew's Website (https://www.therunningprimate.com/)
Talk by Andrew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv8yYo8ouCw&t=1s)
Article about Andrew's Lab (https://www.umass.edu/sbs/news/students/don%E2%80%99t-sweat-it-anthropological-look-science-perspiration)
Andrew's Scientific Paper (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334716960_Diversity_and_evolution_of_human_eccrine_sweat_gland_density)
4 Apr 2020
Sweat as Seen by Dermatologists (with Dr. Ashish Bhatia)
Kasper and David sit down with Dr. Ashish Bhatia - a board-certified dermatologist and associate professor of clinical dermatology at the Northwestern University School of Medicine - and ask him how sweat has evolved throughout his career. That is - how have dermatologists viewed excessive sweat and hyperhidrosis, as well as the options for treating it, over the last thirty years? How have patients talked about it? Join us for an exciting dive into the recent history of treating hyperhidrosis!
(0:00) Intro
(1:57) How Dermatologists Used to View Sweat
(12:26) Botox Changes the Game
(21:00) Sweat Treatment Today
1 Apr 2020
Sweat 101
We kick off our new podcast with an episode covering all the basics of sweating: What is it? How does it work? What can we do to manage it?
Whether you pause to take notes or listen at 2x speed, these are some sweat facts you won't want to miss!
(0:00) Intro
(5:24) What Sweating is
(8:33) How Sweating Happens
(23:48) The Types of Sweating
(26:30) Hyperhidrosis
(37:58) Ways we can Reduce Excessive Sweating
19 Mar 2020
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We're Kasper and David - we were two sweaty guys who started Carpe, a company that makes products to help stop sweat all over the body!
When we were growing up, we sweat a lot, and we never really heard anybody talking about it. We met in college, connected over our sweaty hands, and have spent the past few years thinking about sweat, researching sweat, and working on sweat solutions.
On this podcast, you'll hear the uncensored stories of our experiences with sweat. You'll hear from the doctors helping people stop their excessive sweat, and you'll hear from the researchers that study how and why we all sweat.
Most importantly, you'll hear from sweaty folks just like us - about their most embarrassing sweat stories, and about how they're living with their sweat. Because we're all sweaty, and we're all in this together.
So join us each week, and let's talk about sweat!
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