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that's still bacteria that causes that
by throwaway4aday 3y ago
that's still bacteria that causes that
- audunw 3y agoIt’s also a lack of bacteria. Nitrifying bacteria will generally eat up the nasty smelling compounds. But most of us basically exterminate all of them whenever we wash ourselves. They might be essential to good skin health. We’d be covered with them in the environment that evolved in. But there’s not much research being done yet in that field. I experimented with it a bit myself a while ago, both «mother dirts» commercial product and making a growth medium for them myself and adding some soil. Did a blind test with my wife to see if they affected smell, and there was a very clear difference. But where I live mother dirt is not available and it’s rather expensive anyway. The experiment encouraged me to use only the mildest body soaps and a gentler washing process which anecdotally has been good for my skin. Maybe I have a healthier skin microbiome now
- daneel_w 3y agoIt's remarkable how I manage to get none of that on my body besides on the head and under my arms, and practically none on my clothes. My sweaty t-shirts build up smell only under the arms.
- maxerickson 3y agoThere's also different types of sweat glands. The product of apocrine glands has more odor when broken down by bacteria than eccrine gland sweat.