Sweat cools you down. Bacteria make you smell.
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Knowing this difference can help you troubleshoot your personal hygiene products.
Marketers want us to be worried about smelly intimate parts. The thing is, they are mostly self-cleaning.
Excessive sweating is a very common problem, and there are many treatments you can try yourself or discuss with your doctor.
Finding cosmetics that are free of hormone- disrupting chemicals often means paying more. An epidemiologist explains the risk, particularly for young women.
It all comes down to an oily secretion from special glands beneath our skin, which are very prevalent under the armpits, and more active at certain times.
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