How to surgically treat fox odor

  ”Axillary odor” is commonly known as fox odor, body odor is an irritating smell produced by the secretions from the body surface skin and the body surface openings of the ducts in the body. Axillary odor is an undesirable body odor produced by bacterial secretions from the sweat glands of the axillary skin, and is mainly seen in adolescent females.  The aim of surgical treatment is to destroy the subcutaneous sweat glands. Traditional sweat gland excision (which is still used in many places) is highly invasive, has a long recovery period, and is prone to postoperative complications. Once postoperative complications occur, the trauma does not heal for a long time and requires long-term medication changes, which is extremely painful for the patient. Many patients with postoperative incision dehiscence, subcutaneous fluid accumulation and non-healing trauma are mostly using this traditional surgical method.  There is a wide range of minimally invasive axillary odor surgery methods in common use, which can be generally divided into sweat gland scraping and clipping methods. The scraping method can be divided into direct vision scraping and minimally invasive scraping with small incisions. The technique of scraping is relatively simple, but it is easy to leave some of the sweat glands behind, resulting in the recurrence of axillary odor after surgery. The direct vision sweat gland removal requires a longer incision. Our minimally invasive axillary odor eradication surgery uses a small incision to cut out the sweat glands, in which only a very small incision (about 1cm) is made in the skin folds of the armpit, resulting in little trauma, quick recovery, few postoperative complications, and ideal postoperative results. So you only need a week to say goodbye to the unspeakable smell – armpit odor.  It should be reminded that: 1. you should avoid menstruation and stop using blood-activating and anticoagulant drugs for one week; 2. you need to take a week off work if you need to lift your arm frequently; 3. the surgery is done in an outpatient clinic and does not require hospitalization. The stitches will be removed in one week; 4. Wear a loose top on the day of surgery to facilitate the surgical dressing; 5. Avoid alcohol for one month after surgery.