I didn't have any armpit odor before, but now I do.

I didn't have any armpit odor before, but now I do. This happens quite often. The smell under the armpits is also called body odor. The main reason for its formation is that the sweat glands under the armpits are more developed and secrete more sweat. Therefore, if you want to get rid of body odor, you must pay attention to personal hygiene, wash your armpits frequently, and change your underwear frequently. If the effect is still not ideal, surgical treatment is required.

There is a saying that there is false body odor, which is caused by poor hygiene in the later stages of life. The so-called pseudo-body odor generally has mild symptoms. When there is less sweating or the weather is cold, there is almost no odor and it is easy to ignore. It looks like body odor but is somewhat similar to the smell of ordinary sweat, so it is called pseudo-body odor.

The distinguishing features of body odor and pseudo-body odor are mainly in the following aspects:

1. The causes are slightly different.

Generally, severe body odor is caused by genetic factors. In the later stage, it is almost impossible to completely remove it except for surgery. In daily life, even if you don’t sweat much, there is still a noticeable odor, and you can smell some body odor when you pass by such people.

Pseudo-body odor is usually caused by poor hygiene, excessive sweating, or eating a lot of strong-smelling food. Generally, the odor will disappear quickly with timely cleaning and bathing.

2. The severity of the odor is different.

People with body odor can clearly smell an unpleasant odor when passing by them; but people with false body odor can only be smelled by oneself or when one is very close to them, and the odor is not very obvious. If one sweats less or takes a shower in time, sometimes even one oneself may not smell the odor.

3. Color remaining on clothes.

People with body odor have obvious white particles or adhesions remaining on the armpit hair, so it is easy for yellow and other colors to remain on the armpit area of ​​clothes; while people with false body odor may only have color residue when they sweat a lot, and generally will not stain white clothes.

4. The smell that remains on clothes.

People with body odor usually have a strong smell on the clothes they wear that day, so they need to take a shower and change clothes every day. However, false body odor may only leave some odor on the clothes for 2-3 days, and the smell left is very similar to ordinary sweat odor, so the person may ignore it. However, if it is not cleaned and improved, false body odor will turn into real serious body odor.