Body odour, also known as bromhidrosis, is the unpleasant smell that can occur when you sweat. The sweat itself does not smell. The unpleasant odour is produced by bacteria on the skin that break down the sweat into acids.
Causes
Anyone who has reached puberty (when the apocrine sweat glands develop) can produce body odour. As men tend to sweat more than women, they are more likely to have body odour. Things that can make body odour worse include:
being overweight
eating rich or spicy foods
certain medical conditions, such as diabetes
There are 3-4 million sweat glands on the human body. The two types of sweat gland are:
eccrine glands which are spread across the skin and regulate body temperature by cooling the skin with sweat when you get hot apocrine glands mainly found in hairy areas of the body, such as the armpits and genital area; apocrine glands develop during puberty and release scented chemicals called pheromones
Products that may help
Stinging Nettle capsules and/or tea as nettles contain chlorophyll which might be helpful as a good deodorant
Chlorophyll or Alfalfa high chlorophyll content, it is suggested that it may act as a natural deodorant
Nelson’s Homeopathic Range Hepar Sulph, Sepia, Sulphur, Thuja Bergamot Essential Oil in bath may help
