In the hot summer, when a strong irresistible smell from the armpit, not only the surrounding people cover their noses and go, even they will not help but shrink nostrils to resist the stimulation of that smell, if you sweat a little more, mixed with the smell of sweat, the whole person will collapse, right? In fact, the smell that makes you and others a little embarrassed is not because of lack of hygiene, but because it is called “armpit odor”, also known as “fox odor”, in the end how old you will know if you have “fox odor “? Is it true that you can only suffer in silence when you have fox odor? Is there a way to get rid of armpit odor completely? Armpit odor odor is not necessarily armpit odor experts say that the real “fox odor” is the smell of nausea and vomiting feeling, there are some people are not armpit odor, but adolescent sweat glands overdeveloped sweat odor, this type of adolescent sweat odor can be reduced after puberty, or even disappear, there is this situation of people using sweat control antiperspirant products on can be. What should I do if I have armpit odor? If you have armpit odor, the smell is unbearable, the best way is to go to the regular hospital treatment. Common treatment methods include: 1, surgical removal of sweat glands method; 2, laser method; 3, injection method. Here experts personally do not recommend the use of laser cauterization of sweat glands, because the damage to the underarm skin is relatively large, the post-operative unsightly. Surgical removal of sweat glands: this method can remove sweat glands more thoroughly, the post-operative effect is ideal, but after surgery, you need to bandage, restricted movement for two weeks, for many people, the upper limb activities are very inconvenient. Moreover, this surgery cannot be done in hot weather months, which will increase the risk of wound infection not healing, and surgical treatment for armpit odor is not considered in Beijing from March to September. Injection method: Different hospitals destroy the sweat glands by injecting different drugs, this operation is relatively simple and can be operated all year round. Is it possible to eradicate armpit odor? Many people can achieve very satisfactory results after surgery or injection. However, for some people, even if most of the sweat glands are removed surgically, there are cases where the remaining few sweat glands still smell very bad, so if surgery has been used before, the doctor may recommend removing the remaining sweat glands by injection. Does it affect sweating? In addition to the removal and destruction of the sweat glands in the armpit, there are also small sweat glands, so the sweating function still exists, but the amount of sweating will be reduced. Is armpit odor hereditary? Is it contagious? It is possible to inherit armpit odor, but it is not contagious. At what age can I have the surgery? Usually doctors recommend surgery after 18 years old, but if you are 15 or 16 years old and the smell of armpit odor is seriously affecting your studies and interpersonal relationships, injections are possible.