MALE GENITAL ODOR DUE TO ANTIPERSPIRANTS.
Antiperspirants, we use them, we seem to need them, and
without them, we believe we would smell like rotten wildebeests and in most
cases, we are not usually far from the truth. However, in recent times, it has
been discovered that antiperspirants may be a major cause of male genital odor
or even body odor.
If your penis smells like rotten egg and you are heavy on the
direct to skin antiperspirants like rolls ons and gels, then you might want to
ease up on the antiperspirants, if male genital odor products don’t work for
you.
How do antiperspirants work?
Antiperspirants perform two functions.
1. 1. They reduce
body odor, just the same way that deodorants do. This ,they do by reducing or
eliminating bacteria such as Escherichia coli that live on
the skin and break down sweat to produce pungent smells. It is important to
note that sweat in itself is mostly odourless but only when it comes into
contact with the bacteria that lives on the skin does it begin to smell. Antiperspirants
like deodorants aim at killing these bacteria.
2.
2. They prevent
sweating. Antiperspirants mix with moisture on the skin to form a gel that acts
like a temporary sealant that blocks the pores from releasing sweat to the skin
surface of the underarms.
The second function is what is believed to lead to body odor
and eventually male genital odor. Sweating is a natural body function, sweating
is the body’s natural cooling system that helps to regulate the body
temperature when the body is heated up, or stressed.
The apocrine glands,
a type of sweat glands also releases some materials with sweat which also makes
the skin an excretory organ since it eliminates waste from the body. When the
armpit is completely blocked from releasing sweat, the body finds a way to send
that sweat somewhere else such as the genitals producing male genital odor. This
phenomenon also happens to people who get botox for their armpits to prevent
them from sweating. A lot of such women reported extra unprecedented sweating
from their asshole, their butt cracks, their genitals and inner thighs.
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| if only she told you that her butt crack is drenched in sweat |
If male genital odor is an issue for you, it might be
important to look into the kinds of antiperspirants you use. If possible, go
without them and develop a clean lifestyle.
How to ensure you sweat less?
1.
Work in a temperature regulated environment to
limit your body’s need to sweat
2.
Bath regularly to help eliminate the bacteria
that might have gathered on your skin, this would prevent your sweat from
developing a pungent odor
3 3.
Wear light fabric to help with your body heat
regulation.
4 4.
Use antiperspirants natural alternatives
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What are antiperspirant natural alternatives?.
Apart from the female and male genital odor causing properties
of antiperspirants, some antiperspirants ingredients have been linked to cancer
such as aluminum salts, preservatives and parabens contained in most
antiperspirants. Here are a few alternatives to these antiperspirants
1. 1.
Using baking soda and corn starch: This combination would kill the bacteria on
the skin and thereby prevent body odor , it would however not prevent sweating
that much , but it’s a better alternative
2. 2.
Lemon juice: Simply rubbing lemon juice on your armpit would prevent body odor as the citric
acid in lemon juice would kill odor
causing bacteria.
3. 4.
Reduce the consumption of food that cause the
body to sweat and cause odor.
4. 5. Use an
organic product: These products are made from every day
organic materials and ingredients that not only spare the user from the
consequences of the harsh chemicals sometimes found in unnatural
antiperspirants but would also kill odor causing bacteria and help regulate the
body’s temperature thereby reducing sweating.
