Although body odor is not a disease, unpleasant smells emitted from the armpits can be embarrassing and offensive. Here, a Taiwanese specialist provides prevention and treatment methods for readers of The Epoch Times.
The human body has two types of sweat glands: small sweat glands and large sweat glands (also known as apocrine glands). Small sweat glands are distributed throughout the body and large sweat glands are mainly located in the ears, eyelids, armpits, breasts, and groin areas.
Dr. Li Bingxun, a New Taipei Municipal TuCheng Hospital plastic surgeon, told The Epoch Times that body odor is highly related to genetics. If one parent has it, there is a 50 percent chance of inheriting it—if both parents have it, the probability increases to 80 percent….