Absolutely. Just as anywhere else on your body. I speak from experience as I have 7.
Sweat glands are present in the skin all over the body. However, the areas of the body that have a high density of sweat glands are the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet.
Perspiration (sweat) is generated by the body in normal circumstances to act as a cooling system. When a sports person, in this case a runner generates above normal temperature the body's sweat gland are triggered to produce sweat. The effect of air on the wet areas of the body act as a cooler.
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Your arm pits, hands feet and forehead
Sweat glands are distributed over the entire skin surface except the nipples and parts of the external genitalia. There are up to 3 million of them per person. There are two types of sweat grands: eccrine and apocrine.Eccrine sweat glands, also called merocrine sweat glands, are far more numerous and are particularly abundant on the palms, soles of the feet, and forehead.Apocrine sweat glands, approximately 2000 of them are largely confined to the axillary and anogenital areas.
To sweat (perspire) is a natural function of the human body. Sweat glands in the body react to changes in body temperature. Sweat is the body's cooling system. The gland excrete a salty solution which when this is on the skins surface evaporates and thus lowers the body's temperature.
One side effect of hyperhidrosis surgery is compensatory sweating. This means that other areas of the body will sweat more so that the body can compensate for the areas that now cannot sweat due to the surgery. However, many patients find that this compensatory sweating can be managed and is an acceptable trade off.
The precise cause can be unknown, but generally body acne will be found in areas of over-active sebaceous glands. The commonest areas are chest, back and buttocks. Sweat and friction can aggravate the condition. ( reference about.com)
The sweat gland produce sweat. The sweat pore provides a portal of exit for the body wastes excreted in the sweat. Sweat also helps to cool the body down.