Main Causes of Body Odor and Effective Elimination Methods

Main Causes of Body Odor and Effective Elimination Methods
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Summer can bring a host of pleasant smells: your neighbor’s dinner grilling in his backyard, freshly cut grass, and the earth after a thunderstorm. But summer heat can also bring smelly scents like sweat and body odor. Body odor masked by strong perfume can be especially pungent.

Dr. Yu Yawen from Shangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic in Taiwan provides a few practical ways to eliminate odor due to sweating. However, if the odor problem is severe enough, Dr. Hu Yixuan of Jingyan Dermatology Clinic in Taiwan shares four surgery options and their pros and cons.

4 Body Odor Facts

There are two types of sweat glands in the human body: eccrine and apocrine. Spread all over the body, eccrine glands secrete clear, thin sweat and are the primary source of human sweat. Eccrine gland sweat is odorless, but when bacteria on the skin decompose its protein, it produces a nasty, sweaty smell.
Amber Yang
Amber Yang
Amber Yang is a certified personal trainer. She met all the requirements of the American Council on Exercise to develop and implement personalized exercise programs. She worked as a marketing manager for natural skin care products for years and as a health and beauty reporter and editor for ten years. She is also the host and producer of the YouTube programs "Amber Running Green" and "Amber Health Interview."
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