Category — Body Odour
Bye Bye Body Odour
Bye Bye Body Odour
By Oey Piu Hian
You’re standing in a crowded train during rush hour and suddenly, the stale smell of sweet hits you like a ton of bricks. But the person from whom this odour emanates is most likely oblivious to it. In many people with unpleasant body odour, or BO for short, the smell has become so familiar, their nostrils are insensitive to it.
Most BO is caused by bacterial activity on sweet which has dried on the skin. There are two types of sweat glands in the armpits. While the eccrine glands produce sweat, the apocrine glands secrete an oily substance. This oily substance is odourless, but when bacteria acts on it, new chemicals are produced, imparting that characteristic smell.
November 9, 2009 2 Comments
