Causes and treatment of armpit odor

There are always regrets in life. Wild history records, one of the four great beauties of ancient China, Yang Guifei has armpit odor. Yang Guifei extremely like bathing, Guifei out of the bath after the lazy charming, and armpit odor odor, so attracted the Tang Ming Huang shaking heart favor exceptionally. But Yang Guifei can not day and night in the bath tub soaked to eliminate armpit odor odor; it is said that ordinary days Yang Guifei armpits with two white bread, the use of white bread loose porous characteristics of sweat in addition to odor to improve the quality of life. With the development of medical technology, people now have a variety of effective treatment methods when faced with the embarrassment of armpit odor. Armpit odor, commonly known as fox odor, the main symptom is that the folds of the armpit mainly emit unpleasant odor, affecting the patient’s daily life and social interaction, and in severe cases can lead to psychological disorders. Armpit sweat gland secretions in the local bacterial decomposition will produce a special odor, and its occurrence and genetic, physical, racial, dietary and living habits and other factors. The onset of armpit odor is common in summer, adolescent patients sweat gland secretion is exuberant, so teenage patients are common, with the aging of the human body aging, sweat gland function is also gradually degraded, the symptoms of armpit odor can be reduced. For the treatment of armpit odor, the current method is roughly divided into three categories: non-invasive treatment, minimally invasive treatment, surgical treatment. Non-invasive treatment mainly refers to topical medication, which is mostly symptomatic and has limited efficacy and short duration. Minimally invasive treatment mainly includes electrolytic destruction of sweat glands, laser treatment, subcutaneous injection of anhydrous alcohol, and botulinum toxin injection. These treatments play a therapeutic role by destroying or inhibiting the secretion of sweat glands, and the effect can be achieved in some patients, but there is uncertainty in the treatment. Surgical treatment refers to the surgical removal of sweat glands to achieve the therapeutic purpose. Surgery is currently a more accurate treatment method. The traditional surgical method of direct excision of bilateral axillary skin and subcutaneous sweat gland tissue, the operation is complete, but after the operation of the local left obvious scars, this method has been less used. Currently, the mainstream axillary sweat gland removal surgery adopts small incisions in the armpit, using various minimally invasive methods to peel off and remove the sweat gland layer, and the surface skin is preserved and replanted. This technical improvement can effectively improve the postoperative local appearance, the scar is hidden; at the same time, the axillary hair will be significantly reduced after the axillary surgery, which for female patients, eliminating the pain of frequent hair removal in the armpits, a two-in-one approach is very popular.