The best way to keep your private parts smelling OK is to take regular showers or baths, wash the outside of your vulva or penis with warm water and a little soap, and wear clean, dry underwear. Other than that, there's no need to use douches or special washes.
Trimming your pubic hair reduces the surface area for bacteria, thus helping to reduce odor. Pubic hair serves the purpose for wicking away sweat and keeping good bacteria around, but if you sweat a lot in that area, you might find shorter pubic hair to be beneficial. Gynecologists often do recommend a trim down south.
Sweating The skin in the groin area is prone to sweating, which can cause vaginal odor. Diet What you eat and drink influences the smell of urine, and there's some evidence that what you eat can affect your vaginal odor. If your vagina smells off, foods with strong odor, such as garlic, could be the cause.
You have a bacterial infection. Bacterial vaginosis (usually just known as B.V.) is the most common vaginal infection in people ages 15 to 44, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and it happens when there is too much of certain bacteria in your vagina. This throws off the pH of your vagina.
The research shows that body hair by itself is not a cause of bad body odor. But everyone is unique. Some guys report smelling better after their shave their armpits, body hair, or pubes. They feel that it makes them sweat less and smell better.
Pubic hair holds on to residual urine, vaginal discharge, blood and semen. Bacteria line up all along the hair shaft just lunching it up and creating odor. (Very appetizing, I know.) Trimming your pubic hair reduces that surface area for bacteria, thus reducing odor.
Body odor is caused by a mix of bacteria and sweat on your skin. Your body odor can change due to hormones, the food you eat, infection, medications or underlying conditions like diabetes. Prescription-strength antiperspirants or medications may help.
Odor from exercise is normal, but if you can smell a strong odor through your pants that would be another cause for concern. Keep reading for some reasons why you might smell through your pants and how to treat the underlying condition.
Bacterial infections:
Excessive panties are always wet vaginal discharge can be caused due to bacterial vaginosis. The discharge is thin, grey coloured and smells like a fish. It also causes itching around the vagina. Having multiple sexual partners and frequent douching are the common causes of bacterial infection.
If your sperm and semen have a fishy or foul smell and their color changes into brown, red, green or yellow, you must have an infection which always occurs at the prostate gland or other organs of male productive system. This is definitely abnormal and you should see a doctor to get tested and treated.
A slightly musty smell is normal. This is usually caused by sweat, dead skin, heat and is especially present in pubic hair. All you need for this smell is a regular shower, just don't go cleaning inside your vagina- the vagina is actually a self-cleansing organ and takes care of itself in there.
Brazilian Waxing Is Hygienic
Removing unwanted hair in and around your bikini area will keep you feeling fresh and clean. Excessive pubic hair risks trapping bacteria, which could trigger an uncomfortable odor from your pubic area or induce infection. Brazilian wax is more effective when a professional does it.
Infections are another very common cause of vaginal odor, explains Dr. King. And while bacterial vaginosis is often the main culprit, trichomoniasis is another infection that also “causes an odor that's pretty distinctive for most people.”
Your vagina can smell slightly sweet if you've just eaten lots of citrus fruits, or slightly bleachy if you're dehydrated. A vagina can also smell slightly metallic if you're at the beginning or end of your menstrual cycle.
Inner thigh odor is caused by a variety of factors, including excessive sweating, fungal infections, poor hygiene, and hormonal changes.
Tangy, fermented, or sour.
These are perfectly healthy adjectives to describe the vaginal odor created by your normal bacterial flora.
The vagina usually has only a mild odor or sometimes no odor at all. A "fishy" smell or other strong vaginal odor might mean there's a problem. Conditions that cause a strong vaginal odor might also cause other vaginal symptoms such as itching, burning, irritation or discharge.
"Although most of the semen drips out of the vagina after sex, some semen can remain in the vagina and cause a change in scent," Sasan says. "This is not harmful and the smell will typically go away within a few hours or after taking a shower."
Smell your armpits, feet, and groin area.
If you think you have body odor but you're not sure, take a whiff of your underarms, your feet, and your genitals. If you smell something, then chances are, you probably have B.O. Try doing a sniff test toward the end of the day, or whenever you feel the sweatiest.
In reality, women are most sensitive to their own odor, and it's very unlikely that others who don't have intimate contact with them can smell it. But in fact, most people really like the way their partners' vaginas and vulvas smell. It's the kind of smell that is an important part of what makes sex sexy for them.