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Suggest Treatment For Bad Body Odour

Hi, I am having trouble with a body odour and I have no idea where it s coming from. I can t smell it ,myself but I ve heard people talking about it and they make comments. They say it s like a fecal odour like a fart or something..it s not my breath and I m not farting. I m thinking it might be let out through my skin or something. If you have any idea of what this might be please help!!
Wed, 6 Apr 2016
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hi. I understand that bad body odour can be very problematic at public places and it can be difficult to manage at times.

our sweat when produced is odorless. this smell is produced when sweat is broken down by the bacteria inhabitating our skin. so you need to reduce the number of bacteria on your skin.

I normally prescribe my patients a combination of sweat reducing medicines and topical antibacterials like fusidic acid cream twice daily for 6 weeks. various lotions containing aluminium hexahydrate like aldry lotion are easily available which reduce the amount of sweat produced.

I suggest you meet your local physician and ask for the above mentioned medicines.

hope I was helpful. for any further queries kindly get back. thanks.
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Suggest Treatment For Bad Body Odour

hi. I understand that bad body odour can be very problematic at public places and it can be difficult to manage at times. our sweat when produced is odorless. this smell is produced when sweat is broken down by the bacteria inhabitating our skin. so you need to reduce the number of bacteria on your skin. I normally prescribe my patients a combination of sweat reducing medicines and topical antibacterials like fusidic acid cream twice daily for 6 weeks. various lotions containing aluminium hexahydrate like aldry lotion are easily available which reduce the amount of sweat produced. I suggest you meet your local physician and ask for the above mentioned medicines. hope I was helpful. for any further queries kindly get back. thanks.