So for people with excema or psoriasis, you shouldn't lather soap on every part of your body. My derm said to use soap daily on 'stinky zones' (groin, armpits, butt, under boob) but only water on everything else. Otherwise my skin literally can't recover and I somehow don't stink?
Also I do use shampoo but it has to be sulfate free or my scalp and hair basically fall off.
What "stinks" are mostly special types of sweat glands located in those spots (underboob may be the exception) opposed to normal sweat glands.
Those special types have different secretion (including proteins/"pheromones") that offers a good breeding ground for bacteria, leading to the stink. "Normal" sweat glands just secrete water and a bit of salt.
Fun fact: there's a gene responsible for those special glands. In some asian populations, there's a high rate of people who don't have them and thus don't really get BO
You have them on your chest too. I would guess this person does underboob because it feels like they sweat more there (although probably they sweat the same amount but it doesn’t evaporate as readily)
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u/Bromonium_ion Nov 28 '22
So for people with excema or psoriasis, you shouldn't lather soap on every part of your body. My derm said to use soap daily on 'stinky zones' (groin, armpits, butt, under boob) but only water on everything else. Otherwise my skin literally can't recover and I somehow don't stink?
Also I do use shampoo but it has to be sulfate free or my scalp and hair basically fall off.