Personal hygiene and lifestyle
Keep your skin clean by taking a daily bath or shower with antibacterial soap. Focus on the areas where you sweat the most, like your armpits and groin area. Removing some of the bacteria on your skin regularly can prevent unpleasant body odor.
The bacteria on the surface of our skin, especially in the armpits and groin, break down sweat and can produce a foul odor. The mechanism of benzoyl peroxide is to kill these bacteria on the surface of the skin, leading to less production of body odor.
Take a daily shower (or two, if you're in a hot, humid area), and pay extra attention to the regions with the apocrine glands. Use antibacterial soaps or cleansers designed to kill bacteria, like a benzoyl peroxide. Use antiperspirants with a higher percentage of active ingredients, or a prescription-strength option.
We all have natural bacteria on our skin and that's totally normal. However, when our sweat interacts with that bacteria, it can cause the production of compounds that can have a strong smell. This is especially true in the armpits, where the warm and moist environment encourages more bacteria to grow.
Vitamin D does more than just give you a sunny glow—it's also super important for keeping your skin and body in check. If you're low on it, your skin could let more bacteria do their thing, which = more body odor.
An armpit detox is a mask that can be applied to your underarms for around 15 minutes. The mask can be made at home with common household items like baking soda and cornstarch, or some beauty brands offer their own masks or scrubs.
A strong vaginal odor may be a sign of vaginitis, or it may be a temporary smell related to your hygiene, lifestyle or other changes. Take note of whether you have other symptoms. If the odor is related to an infection, you'll usually notice other changes, like vaginal itching, burning and discharge.
Diabetes - Fruity smell. Kidney disease - Bleach-like smell. Infectious diseases - Varies with location and infection. Overactive thyroid - Sour smell.
Rarely, people can have bad breath because of organ failure. A person with kidney failure may have breath that smells like ammonia or urine. Serious liver disease can make breath smell musty or like garlic and rotten eggs. Compounds that are transported through the blood can also be released through your sweat glands.
Wipe hydrogen peroxide under your arms to kill the odor-causing bacteria that's behind body odor.
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These glands release a milky fluid when you are stressed and are odorless until they come into contact with bacteria. Hair is particularly prone to trapping bacteria, which is why men are more likely to smell even after showering. In other words, lingering underarm odor is caused by enduring bacteria.
People with uncontrolled diabetes can experience a fruity or acetone-like smell (think nail polish remover) on their breath or skin. This is due to the buildup of ketones in your bloodstream, which is a byproduct of fat breakdown.
We get it — it's a common problem, but sometimes it can make you self-conscious (“wait, can other people smell that, too?!”) and affect your confidence. Inner thigh odor is caused by various factors, including excessive sweating, fungal infections, poor hygiene, and hormonal changes.
Simply dip a piece of kitchen towel or a washcloth in the vinegar and rub it under your armpits. The smell of vinegar will dissipate quickly, but if you prefer, you could dab the apple cider vinegar under your armpits in the evening and leave it on overnight.
Exfoliate Regularly
To this end, there are physical exfoliants, which are masks or scrubs that manually remove dead skin cells and debris, or chemical exfoliants, such as toners, that harness the power of AHAs, BHAs, and PHAs to gently melt away the buildup.
Even if you're using deodorant, you might still experience smelly armpits. This could be due to various factors such as diet, stress, hormonal changes, or even the type of bacteria present in your underarms.
One of the best ways to remove these toxins is to exercise on a regular basis. When people exercise, they sweat, which helps to detoxify the body by expelling toxins through perspiration.