A Complete Guide to Eliminating Body Odor That Makes Daily Life Uncomfortable

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A Complete Guide to Eliminating Body Odor That Makes Daily Life Uncomfortable

Kim Heon-gon Plastic Surgery Bromhidrosis Clinic

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This is Kim Heon-gon Plastic Surgery Bromhidrosis Clinic, where a plastic surgery specialist with 20 years of experience treating bromhidrosis and hyperhidrosis is on staff.

Our body has two types of sweat glands: eccrine glands and apocrine glands. Among them, secretions from the apocrine glands are broken down by bacteria, causing an unpleasant odor.

This is the main cause of body odor, also called bromhidrosis or hyperhidrosis.

Body odor can cause discomfort to others in daily life, interfere with interpersonal relationships, and reduce confidence in social situations, making it a serious issue.

In addition, people themselves may become withdrawn and feel depressed due to stress about the odor, which is why body odor treatment is needed even more. Psychological factors can create a vicious cycle that increases sweat production again, so active treatment is necessary.

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Common body odor management methods you can do in daily life include maintaining cleanliness, removing hair through shaving or other hair removal methods, improving diet, and medication treatment, but these only bring temporary changes and do not last long.

Maintaining cleanliness is the most basic method, but it does not completely remove bacteria or fungi in the stratum corneum of the skin. Hair removal can eliminate environments where bacteria easily multiply, but if hair follicles remain, sweat and bacteria can still meet and cause odor.

Improving diet also only brings temporary changes and is difficult to maintain over the long term. Medication treatment may have side effects and requires long-term use, so it should be chosen carefully.

The SIT surgery for bromhidrosis treatment removes apocrine sweat glands using a specially designed suction device through a small opening. Because there is no incision, scarring is minimal and the recovery period is short.

Without making an incision in the skin itself, a specially designed thin suction tube is inserted through a small opening that can reach the subcutaneous fat layer to remove the apocrine sweat glands that cause bromhidrosis.

Because fat tissue and apocrine sweat glands are removed at the same time, the recurrence rate is low, and both the procedure time and recovery period are relatively short.

1. When there is a lot of sweating in the underarm area

2. When wearing white clothes, the underarms turn yellow by evening

3. When earwax is moist

4. When there is a family member with bromhidrosis

5. When body odor interferes with social life

If you fit the situations above, it may be worth considering SIT surgery, which can treat body odor.

SIT surgery for body odor treatment allows same-day discharge without hospitalization, and the recovery period takes about one week. After surgery, you may temporarily feel stiffness or a lump-like sensation, but it naturally disappears over time.

1. Improvement of bromhidrosis

Because the sweat glands that cause odor are directly removed, bromhidrosis can be fundamentally improved.

2. Improvement of hyperhidrosis

Because both eccrine glands and apocrine glands are removed together, hyperhidrosis can also be improved.

3. Low recurrence rate

The recurrence rate is relatively low compared with existing surgical methods.

4. Scar prevention

Because the incision is made along the underarm crease, the scar is not noticeable.

However, since the degree and cause of symptoms may differ for each person, it is important to decide on surgery after sufficient consultation with a medical professional. We hope you can now overcome body odor, one of the sources of stress in your life.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

• The post above is a medical advertisement for Kim Heon-gon Plastic Surgery Bromhidrosis Clinic.

It was written directly by our clinic in compliance with Article 56, Paragraph 1 of the Medical Advertising Act.

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