Q. I have foul smelling on my axillae. How can I manage this symptom?
 

A. Those symptoms are called osmidrosis or bromidrosis which causes foul smelling on the axillary area resulting in the social regression and psychological stress. Osmidrosis is caused by oversecretion of apocrine gland with or without bacterial decomposition. Apocrine gland originally controls the sweating, thermoregulatory function, and generates the sexual arousing smelling. However, its role in human is regressed and its distribution is confined to the axilla and perineal area. Although the most of malodor is the result of the oversecretion of the apocrine gland, some cases are caused by the weakened epithelium contaminated by bacterial infection. Everyone has somewhat sweating, but if these cause severe malodor you should go and see Plastic surgeon.