Calling out my fellow sweaty comics, How do you manage your sweat on stage?

Of course, "Eww", the entire post, but get passed the eww and please offer advice!

Apparently, I drowned someone in another life, and this is my karma to drown in my own sweat whenever I'm on stage. And to add insult to injury, I'm also Middle Eastern.

I'm trying to deal with the sweaty hand I've been dealt, and I have jokes about sweating that gets laughs, but the first 3-5 minutes of my set, my face would be drenched in sweat, and I always feel it's very distracting. The audience gets focused on the sweat like they're watching the water show at the Fountains of Bellagio, and I feel like I'm barking people in to my DJ night, and no one is paying any attention to my jokes.

Is there a surgical procedure, a special exoskeletons or any hope for me?