Body odor is called axillary odor. It is generally believed that a large number of secretions produced by the axillary apocrine glands are discharged from the body, which are broken down by bacteria to produce unpleasant odor symptoms. Except for the underarms, a small number of patients have the vulva, perianal and areola. It can also emit this odor.

In the summer, the lethality of body odor doubles, and everyone avoids where the body odor passes.

In our daily life, body odor is not uncommon, but it is definitely a very small number in the population. Therefore, it is taken for granted that body odor is an abnormality, a disease, and needs treatment.

But don't dislike people with body odor, the ones who really have "problems" are those who don't have body odor.

Is body odor a disease?

People with body odor are the majority in the world.

After all, everyone has apocrine glands, and the human body also has bacteria. When these two necessary conditions for producing body odor are established in everyone, it is reasonable to say that everyone is prone to body odor, but the severity of the smell is different.

But why are body odor people in the minority in China?

Scientists speculate that when our ancestors walked from tropical Africa to Asia, there was a genetic mutation at base 538 of the ABCC11 gene in the middle of chromosome 16, resulting in decreased secretions from the apocrine glands, so it should have been "Shilixiang" The body odor turned into a subtle and low-key fragrance of sweat.

In other words, people without body odor are "mutants" with genetic mutations.

According to the survey, the mutant gene population is mainly distributed in East Asia. In China, people who do not have body odor account for about 95%, making them one of the few countries that have escaped the scourge of body odor.

Other regions are not as lucky as Asia.

Blue-body odor type, yellow-mutant type

Only 30% of the natives in Oceania do not have body odor, and only 10% of the white people do not have body odor! Only 0.5% of blacks have no body odor! In other words, except for East Asians, almost everyone in foreigners has body odor!

In their eyes, body odor couldn't be more normal.

How should body odor be eliminated?

Although body odor has no obvious harm, it is easy to develop in adolescence. For adolescents who love beauty, body odor can seriously affect the daily life and study of patients, and cause serious psychological effects.

Before removing body odor, judge the degree of body odor first .

If you can't smell it in public, and you only smell the unpleasant odor when you touch your armpits with your hands, then the body odor is not high, pay attention to regular work and rest, and clean your skin in time, which will not have a negative impact on your daily life. .

If it is severe body odor, the situation where you can smell a strong odor before you get close to others, you must choose more efficient improvement methods.

Non-surgical methods mainly include topical antioxidants, fragrances, anticholinergic drugs, injection therapy, physical therapy, etc. Surgery is mainly aimed at the local apocrine sweat glands and ducts of the axilla, which is completely destroyed, damaged and removed. It is currently a relatively reliable method for the treatment of underarm odor.

In short, body odor is not a disease, and there are many solutions. Once life is affected, proactive response can restore an odorless life.