MALE GENITAL ODOR DUE TO ANTIPERSPIRANTS

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.

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

   RELATED : MALE GENITAL ODOR ELIMINATION
                                                                 FEMALE GENITAL ODOR ELIMINATION

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.

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IS DAIRY CAUSING YOUR ACNE?

Is dairy causing your acne or pimples?

One of the most effective ways to cure acne is to find out exactly what the cause is. It is not advisable to just go on the internet and  start shopping for acne treatment products, applying them on your face and turning yourself into a lab rat. There are a thousand and one causes of acne and it is very important to know what triggers your acne the most, that is the only way you can effectively prevent them from appearing in the first place as against having to treat them and clear the resultant scar. Acne breakouts can be frustrating and embarrassing, but trying out acne and pimples products might even be more frustrating.

A lot of acne products don’t work, that’s the fact. Some do, and then later stop and for the ones that work, you would have to keep an extra bottle in case , you run out, because you would most likely have acne breakouts within few days of not using the products. These products were made for continuous dependence, in order to build what has become one of the largest industries in the world, the beauty and cosmetic industry.

Understanding the major triggers of your pimples, is definitely the right step in putting your acne problem behind you. One often overlooked trigger of pimples especially for people with oily skin is dairy products. Especially milk. Milk in all it’s forms, (pasteurized, organic, toned, double toned, skimmed, powdered, homogenized, creamed, full creamed) is a major trigger for acne.

FOODS THAT CAUSE ACNE

How does milk cause acne?

Those tits even look like giant pimples, Don't they?

Cow milk contains hormones apart from a shitload of over 20 chemicals which are contained in drugs and painkillers, some of which are given to the cow while maintaining “ best veterinary practices "  while some are contained in the cow feed etc. These hormones which includes estrone sulphate is responsible for triggering oil glands. They occur naturally during the menstrual cycle of the cows and are heightened during pregnancy and lactation, which is when we take this milk from them. A lot of these hormones are therefore transferred into the milk, which was originally meant for the calves. 

Dairy product especially milk is the third of three major causes of overproduction of cells that line the pores, the others being ovaries/testicles and adrenal glands.  The ovaries and testicles usually cause this overproduction during puberty , pregnancy, use of some contraceptives and sometimes as a result of over masturbation. The adrenal glands cause overproduction of cells as a result of exposure to stress and dairy products just do it because they can.

 These hormones plug up the pore and lead to acne based on individual threshold of hormones peculiar to each person known as the acne threshold.

The acne threshold is the level of ingestion of hormones that trigger acne for which acne breakouts would occur. Puberty, stress, genetics , environmental factors all influence how, when and how long, different individuals cross the acne threshold and experience breakouts.

The casein and whey in milk boosts  the insulin-like growth factor alongside the insulin in the blood respectively. The hormones trigger the oil glands and puts them into overdrive, eventually blocking the pores and causing acne.

Take action against acne and dairy

If you are dealing with acne breakouts, try cutting out milk from your food for two weeks and see how your acne reacts, if there is a significant decrease, you might have found the major trigger of your acne.  In that case , the best option would be to stop taking dairy products completely, this would include whey and other supplements made from milk.

Can i get a sandpaper?

In cases where cutting out dairy (milk) from one’s diet is difficult, the best bet would be to use dairy or milk alternatives. There are a couple of non diary milk out there, which you can try such as almond milk, coconut milk, soyabean milk and even tiger nut milk. Goat milk, camel milk or kangaroo milk would not be suitable for the same reasons the cow milk falls short. 

For women, ingesting birth control pills alongside cutting out dairy would put a stop over the hormones messing with your oil glands . Birth control pills that contain drospirenone are highly recommended. It is however laughable to take birth control pills just for acne and risk having blood clots.

THE CURE FOR PIMPLES

Another reason while you may want to join the milk alternative craze is because presently, there are ongoing researches which are progressively linking dairy consumption to breast  and prostrate cancer.

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WHAT IS PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY OR EARLY PUBERTY?

What is precocious puberty or Early Puberty?

When a friend told me her  6 year old daughter has started growing pubic hair, I knew I had to write about early puberty or as it is rightly called precocious puberty. We live in a fucked up world (excuse my language, thanks to google), where everything is going perfectly imperfect and babies are no longer born blind. We have created this magical world where we want everything to be Instant. No thanks to  Momofuko Ando, the creator of instant noodles . Our kids have also began to grow “instantly”. 
Okay, what’s all the fuss about little 6 year old girls developing pubic hair and breast buds you may say. Well it might look harmless on the surface but if you take a deeper look at precocious puberty or early puberty you would see that it is indeed correct for parents to panic.

1. Adolescence:  With Early puberty comes early adolescence.

What’s the difference between puberty and adolescence?

Puberty is characterized by all the bodily changes that occur in a child’s body such as pubic hair growth, bigger boobs, bigger butt, penis enlargement and what not while adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood. In other words, that pubic hair parading child is quickly transitioning into an adult while still biologically a child, in more explicit terms, that 6 year old child would soon start getting horny and would finally begin to see that Dora the explorer sucks major balls and would begin taking a liking to fifty shades of grey. If you think raising a child was tough, try raising a child transitioning into an adult while still a child.

Now you can literally send them to work to fill in for you.

2.       Freaking Hormones:

The early puberty or precocious puberty (tired of trying to be politically correct) is not an act of God, it’s an act of man. It is due to a lot of hormones altering properties in everyday products we have come to surround ourselves with, with major congressional laws backing their production and distribution across the globe.  Hormones such as progesterone, testosterone, estradiol and estriol are present in a lot of food products in  FDA “acceptable quantities”, these hormones have all been known to  accelerate the age at which puberty occurs. Parabens, a class of preservatives used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical products is also a culprit. From shampoos, toothpaste, cosmetics to even cleaning products all have their share of parabens , a 4-hydroxybenzoic acid which is also known as a xenoestrogen because it mimics the  actions of estrogen in the body. Common examples of Parabens known to cause early puberty include sodium lauryl or laureth sulfate, triclosan and triethanolamine. The irony here is that, these synthetically produced chemicals are used to prevent fungi and bacteria from growing in commercial products but in turn make boobs grow bigger in our little girls. This all becomes poignant when you realize that Average levels of 20 nanograms/gram of parabens have been detected in a small sample of 20 breast tumors. There is still however no official link between parabens and breast cancer as those cases where referred to as “isolated cases”, but if you had a multibillion dollar company and one of your products' ingredient  was about to be black listed, you would do anything to ensure, it’s an “isolated” case. Okay back to early puberty or precocious puberty.

How do you tackle precocious puberty or early puberty?

1.       Go Organic

This includes a complete overhaul of the products you spend valuable money buying, Go green, use products that have do not containing hormone altering chemicals. Here are a few suggestions.
Wake up: Use organic toothpaste
Take your bath: Use organic soaps
Eat your breakfast: Eat organic foods
Use an organic body cream
and a Hair cream
Deodorant
and perfumes:
Wear your clothes: They should have been washed with organic washing soap
Then Lunch:
Then Supper
And even organic snacks
 or get an organic shoppers guide.

2.       Exercise.

Ensuring your child is not a couch potato would go a long way in regulating hormones in the child’s body and help keep them in check as well as help with weight management and all the other benefits associated with exercise except of course runner’s face.

3.       See a doctor: 

A medication called leuprolide can be administered monthly based on a doctor’s advice, this would stop puberty until the child reaches the normal age of puberty, at this time the medication would be stopped. In very rare cases where early puberty is caused by a tumor on the adrenal glands, a surgical operation would have to be performed

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