How to treat armpit odor?

Although fox odor does not cause adverse physical effects, some people who smell bad still believe it causes social and psychological stress, so there is still a need for treatment, and there are medical treatments for different degrees of fox odor. Currently there are many ways to treat fox odor, there are non-surgical and surgical treatments. Non-surgical treatment: fragrance masking method: fragrance powder or perfume, sprayed on the armpits, with the fragrance to cover the odor of sweat, effective for a short time. Topical medicine method: by external application of antiperspirant, antibacterial drugs containing spices, so that the secretion of sweat to reduce the effect of relief. Such as 3% to 5% formalin solution applied externally, once a day, can make the local skin protein coagulation, thus playing a role in the destruction of hair follicles, sweat gland openings, so that the secretion and excretion of sweat is reduced, but because it can not completely destroy the sweat glands, it can only play the role of relief, the method is more suitable for patients with relatively light fox odor. Surgical treatment: cautery method: is the use of laser, high-frequency electroacupuncture, electrolysis, etc., through the cautery effect or thermal effect, destruction of hair follicles and sweat glands to achieve the purpose of treatment, the method is easy to operate, but requires multiple treatments and easy to produce scars affect the appearance. Drug local injection method: usually with alcohol, sodium cod liver oil, urea and other sclerosing agents in the axillary skin injection, so that the subcutaneous tissue fibrosis and protein denaturation, resulting in sweat gland atrophy and ductal occlusion, so as to effectively inhibit the secretion of sweat glands, to achieve the therapeutic effect, this method is easy to cause local tissue necrosis. Botulinum toxin axillary injection therapy: mainly by blocking the nerve conduction effect, reduce the secretion of axillary sweat, to achieve the purpose of treatment of fox odor, this treatment needs to be treated every six months. Minimally invasive surgical treatment: is currently a more ideal method of removal, this surgery is to open an incision in the axilla along the direction of the skin texture about l cm, and then use a special surgical instrument to scrape out the sweat glands in the axilla one by one, and then two stitches on the incision with a fine thread. This method is short, slightly traumatic, with quick recovery, small hidden incisions and very little recurrence. For the effect of surgical treatment, patients should have a correct understanding, many patients always hope that after treatment there is no smell on the body, which is not realistic, because the surgical treatment is only the armpit, not the whole body, and the body odor in addition to the smell from the armpit, there is the smell of the trunk skin, no fox odor people do not bathe for a long time, the body or armpit will also give off a sour sweat odor, therefore The odor of the armpit is gone after the surgical treatment, but the body odor like a normal person still exists.