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Hello! Today we shall be talking
men’s health. In line with the aim of this blog – which is to keep you informed
on wide ranging issues – as the very first write up on health issue, you will
learn just how to feel and smell fresh. This post is aimed at the men folk. Have
you ever walked past someone and almost got yourself knocked down unconscious
by the foul smell oozing out of his cloth? Terrible experience, right? In this post,
we will look at a different aspect of body odour with respect to men. Ladies,
hang on tight because you will find this interesting as what you will learn
here will put a lasting smile on the face of you and your man or any other
special person in your life.
It’s normal for man to produce
body odour after long period of exposure to some measure of heat or hot weather
if you will. However, it can be controlled or reduced as it where. Aside the
armpit, one place that bothers men is the area in between the legs. I bet the
guys know what I am talking about by now. Sometimes when we free ourselves of
our boxers, we discover that is oozes not to comfortable smell; even when we do
examine the ritual of taking at least two baths a day. Those, who are well off,
resort to expensive perfume et al just to keep that region smelling good. What about
the rest who can’t afford a perfume of say N5000 (about $34 dollars)? Not to
worry, I got a recommendation for you my friend.
Why that smell in the first place?!
Aaaaargh!!!
As I said previously, body odour
is the product of a natural phenomenon. Its severity is determined by hygiene
level as it were since we cannot eliminate it – for as long as we experience
heat. We can only control it. Body odour
is caused by sweating – though sweating on its own is not the culprit. In most
mammals (which group we belong), water is given off via the skin as sweat, a
form of cooling in which liquid actively secreted from sweat glands evaporates
from the body surface. Sweat is largely water (usually about 99 percent), with
small amounts of dissolved salts and amino acids[1].
When our body temperature rises, the sympathetic nervous system stimulates
glands called eccrine sweat glands to secrete water to the skin surface, where
it cools the body by evaporation, nature’s superb cooling system isn’t it?
Having seen the place of sweating
in balancing our body temperature, we come now to the culprit responsible for
odour. Though we have seen that glands below the skin are responsible for
realeasing swaet, however it is important to note that two distinctive types
exist – the eccrine and apocrine glands respectively. While the
eccrine gland duct opens at the skin surface, the apocrine glands develop in
association with our hair follicles. However, in a strict sense the latter
contributes little to sweating as it has been associated with human body odour
and odour in animals that rely on it for attracting mates. While the eccrine
glands secrete sweat, the apocrine glands secrete a concentrated fatty sweat
into the gland tube which when acted by bacteria are broken down into
unsaturated fat giving off that sometimes foul smell. Now you know its natural.
My control tip
Now don’t go hitting your head on
a brick because you can’t seem to find a solution too that smell at the genital
region. My tip today, if you cannot afford a good perfume, is to use Gillets
stick deodorant. I discovered it protects me for a long time and when you
observe the daily dose of bath, you won’t even notice anything as a genital region
odour. Once you are done with the shower, apply gillet deodorant in the area in-between
the scrotum and anus; you are good to go. Try it out and come back to relay
your experience. Please avoid fake products. I hope this helps you. Thanks for
reading.
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[1] perspiration. (2010). Encyclopædia Britannica.
Encyclopaedia Britannica Student and Home Edition. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica.
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