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 best way to prevent smelly armpits is to wash daily and after sweating. Using antiperspirant or deodorant and shaving the armpits can also help. Avoiding alcohol and certain foods, such as onions and garlic, will also help prevent smelly armpits in some cases.
ODOR AFTER A SHOWER IS DUE TO LINGERING BACTERIA
In addition to bacteria, oftentimes there is deodorant residue and other impurities that are trapped in the underarm pores and within the hair if you have armpit hair.
Most of the time body odor isn't a problem and a shower will quickly wash it away. But if you notice a change in body odor or you're sweating much more than usual, it could be a sign of a medical condition that needs treatment.
Hair is another place where bacteria like to hide. If you still smell a strong body odor after a shower, consider shaving the hair in your armpits, groin, and chest. The hair's surface is a perfect place for bacteria to call home, and it's harder to eliminate them from the hair than your bare skin.
Your body odor can change due to hormones, the food you eat, infection, medications or underlying conditions like diabetes. Prescription-strength antiperspirants or medications may help.
Apply some apple cider vinegar
"Apple cider vinegar is a great natural underarm deodorant," says Georgianna Donadio, PhD. She suggests applying it directly to your armpits to kill body odor.
When the sweat from your glands meets the bacteria on your skin, it breaks down into products called thioalcohols. The thioalcohols give off a strong, often sulfurous scent that can also be comparable to onions or meat. Genetics plays a role in how many thioalcohols your body produces.
Shower daily and wash your underarms with an antibacterial soap (consider showering twice a day if you sweat excessively) While in the shower fill your hand with hydrogen peroxide and splash and rub it into each of your underarms.
Your genes can also play a big role in how good or bad you smell. In fact some people, no matter how much they shower, still smell bad. Callewaert has found these individuals have a larger amount of “bad” bacteria. His approach is to replace the “bad” bacteria that produce the smell with “good” bacteria.
WASH WITH ALL-NATURAL ANTIBACTERIAL BATH SOAP
The easiest way to get rid of body odor is to attack the source: bacteria. To get rid of B.O., wash with antibacterial bath soap to keep clean and fresh. Some soaps contain potentially harmful chemicals like triclosan.
In short, antiperspirant can make you smell worse because it alters the composition of bacteria in your armpits. And if you're a heavy sweater but only use deodorant, you may find yourself still sweating, which can make you smell worse.
If you're concerned about sweating and body odor, the solution may be simple: an antiperspirant or deodorant. Antiperspirant. Antiperspirants contain aluminium-based compounds that temporarily block sweat pores, thereby reducing the amount of sweat that reaches your skin.
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Mandelic acid acts as an antibacterial agent in deodorants, killing odor-generating bacteria without disturbing the skin's acid mantle, preventing irritation. Our new AHA serum deodorant utilizes 5% mandelic acid to neutralize odor and brighten under arms.
Clindamycin and erthromycin are topical antibiotics available via prescription and safe to use daily to reduce the bacterial load in the underarm area.
It is only when members of the skin microbiota metabolize these secretions that they produce the malodorous byproducts, which cause body odor. In humans, armpits offer a moist, warm environment where microbes can thrive, making them a microbial hotspot.
The culprit is an enzyme called C-T lyase, found in the bacterium Staphylococcus hominis, which dwells in human armpits. These bacteria feed on odorless chemicals released in sweat, which the enzyme then converts into thioalcohols—a pungent compound responsible for the offending smell.
Do older people have more body odor? It seems that seniors do stink more than younger people. Aren't we lucky? A Japanese study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology found that 2-Nonenal, a recently found substance in human body odor, tends to increase with aging.
Internal health issues may result in unpleasant body odors (BO), as well, such as liver and kidney disease and hyperthyroidism, which can lead to excessive sweat and increased BO. Stagg recommends talking with your doctor if you notice a strong smell from your skin.
Shower More Frequently
Infrequent showering can cause bacteria to build up on your skin. Shower at least once a day (or every morning and night) and scrub your extra-sweaty areas with a scent-free, antibacterial bath soap. Stay away from strongly scented soaps, which can make your armpits smell worse.