If we want to have no smell, what else can we do except by mutation?

The smell of the baby's milk, the smell of the elderly, and the sweet smell of the people you like, some smell refreshing, while others don't feel right.

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The body odor can be smelled, but it can not be seen or touched. The body odor that is not very good can easily make people around them show the impulse of "distance produces beauty", and it is also easy to put people in an awkward position.

Don't panic, sort out the reasons, and you can find a solution.

How does the body smell come from?

Apocrine sweat glands (apocrine sweat glands) are not only distributed in the armpit, but also in the groin, perianal, vulva and navel, these parts can also have peculiar smell, but the symptoms are relatively mild.

Sweat is tasteless, but when bacteria break it down, it tastes.

Other influencing factors

I.

genes

The 538th base of the ABCC11 gene in the middle of chromosome 16 controls the secretion of apocrine glands.

In the picture, we can also see that body odor still accounts for the majority of people in the world, but the proportion of people with body odor in Asia is relatively small. It is speculated that genetic variation caused by long-term climate effects reduces the secretion of apocrine glands, and the smell is more refreshing.

Distribution of mutant genes of body odor in the world

(blue = body odor, yellow = no body odor)

two

Spicy food or alcohol

Although garlic, onions, curry and alcohol are not directly involved in the secretion of apocrine glands and do not provide a more favorable environment for bacteria to grow, they will make your body smell more "subtle" and layered.

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three

Physical disease

Metabolic diseases: such as phenylketonuria, trimethylaminuria, isovaleric acidemia, hypermethioninemia.

Systemic diseases: such as liver failure or kidney failure.

These two types of diseases can also change body odor.

four

Sweating a lot

Is also a kind of disease-primary local hyperhidrosis, sweat secretion is greater than the amount needed to regulate body temperature, more sweat than normal people.

How to solve

Solve the problem of body odor at no more than 2 o'clock, stop sweating and sterilize, and pay a little attention to your personal habits.

There are different solutions for different severity:

1. Only what you can smell, pay attention to cleaning, keep dry, do not need external products.

two。 Exercise sweating more around people can smell, and the smell is lighter, can be external use of products (described in more detail below).

3. The taste is very big, the influence scope is wide, and the external use product cannot alleviate, then need to consider the surgical treatment.

O improve hygiene

Take a bath frequently and wipe the affected area (such as armpits) every day, but do not rub violently to irritate the skin.

Choose sweat-absorbing and breathable clothes, and sweat-soaked clothes should be replaced as soon as possible.

O external products

Antiperspirant: antiperspirant products (daily chemicals or drugs) containing aluminum chloride, physical antiperspiration, reduce sweat secretion to the surface of the skin.

Fragrance products: perfume, fragrance, ball liquid, can cover the smell.

Bacteriostatic agents: such as dichlorodiphenylurea, pyridine sulfide copper and zinc, etc.

O depilation

Hair can be attached to bacteria and odors, so hair removal can also help reduce body odor.

O physiotherapy

The injury of high frequency electroacupuncture and CO2 laser is relatively small. The disadvantage is that the recurrence rate is high, if the effect is not good and needs to be treated again, the scar formed before will also affect the operation.

O Surgical treatment

Axillary dermectomy, minimally invasive radical axillary osmidrosis, small incision curettage, small incision curettage. The disadvantage is that the postoperative scar affects the appearance. Different surgical methods have their own advantages and disadvantages, and now they often carry out combined treatment, such as partial skin resection combined with curettage.

O injection

Injection of ethanol and 5-FU caused fibrosis of dermis and subcutaneous tissue, resulting in atrophy of apocrine glands. The disadvantage is that the treatment is not thorough, sometimes it will cause local tissue necrosis, and the formation of scar will also affect the reoperation.

Injection of Botox, inhibit the secretion of apocrine glands, the effect is good without leaving scars, the disadvantage is the need for continuous treatment.

There are many ways to solve the problem of body odor, as long as you find something suitable for you, it is not difficult to smell good.