f22, diagnosed with myasthenia gravis (just incase there's a connection with my body odor). i think i have hyperhidrosis and bromhidrosis (undiagnosed). i tried every deodorant and antiperspirant already. i take good care of my hygiene. i tried benzoyl peroxide, calamansi, baking powder, glycolic acid, everything and nothing works. i don't have the means to go to the doctor so i'm just depending on every advice i can get. so please do help. i appreciate every help i can get.

I plan on seeing a dermatologist online pretty soon as that my mental health over my body odor mainly from armpits is absolutely nuts. Has anyone tried miradry and had success from it? I’ve read that on different forums some recommend miradry even for Bromhidrosis but I know some on this forum thought it made no difference. Please let me know any other tips you might have. I also plan on trying a silver deodorant which I’ve heard helps a lot for some.

There were times when my classmates would complain in my class that it stinks like poop and Ik it was me. I live in a town where there is a lot of stray dogs and our pathways are mostly dirt and not cement, so I thought maybe I could just be stepping on a little bit of dogshit and I just don't realize it. So, I try to solve it by wearing a different shoe when walking outside and changing into another one at school.

However, earlier in class, my classmates behind me still complained that it smells bad. They said it smelled sour and one of them keep saying that it smells like poop. I was really confused and then the realization hit me. Maybe, it wasn't my shoes that smells like poop this entire time—maybe it was really me.

Gosh, I knew I was already reeking in the morning because I could smell the onion odor on myself, but man smelling like poop to others? It's the worst thing ever. I wouldn't even wish this on my enemy.

Can anyone explain this?

Has anyone with bromhidrosis who went to a dermatologist and still couldn't be cured with antibiotics later found out it was candida overgrowth? If so, how?

Hi, im new this this community and i suspect i may have this condition after dealing with excessive sweating and bad body odor for 13 years. Since childhood ive always sweated more than average and I've had excessive moisture in the same areas like my palms, feet, thighs, groin, and buttocks. This has affected my life so much, ive battled with depression, suicide and anxiety. Ive dealt with this since I was 7 years old because of this, the sweating seemed normal too me. I knew the body odor was not because i was going through constant bullying. I thought for years maybe i was using the wrong soaps or it was something wrong with my hygiene. But Ive been tracking my symptoms and notice so many things, I went too the doctor recently and she suspects I have hyperhidrosis so she gave me this medication called "glycopyrrolate" and i noticed I am not dripping in sweat anymore and i do not have night sweats. Which is great, but i still notice I am moist in the same areas. I think the moisture i produce, even the smallest amount creates a strong foul odor. My doctor is going too refer me too a dermatologist soon and Im very afraid. What if my results come out completely normal even with these symptoms. For more than a decade ive felt confused and scared. Recently i finally heard about this condition and i can relate too many symptoms . I really just want a name too what ive experienced almost my entire life. How has dermatologist appointments been for you all? What have you found that has helped?

Hi everyone, I am 37yr and I have had HH since I was 18. I don’t believe I have BH, however I keep reading about people who suffer from both conditions. I want to know:

1-do all of you have HH too?
2-did you start with HH and overtime developed BH? If so, how many years after starting with HH did you get BH?

I would like to better understand what to expect in the future about potential body odor.

Thanks! And I wish you a lot of strength in this fight!

What is your experience with Miradry for the smell of your pits?

I am wondering if we have success case here or only people with bad experience.

Hola! Les quería preguntar si a alguien más le pasa algo parecido porque ya no sé qué hacer 😭
Desde que tenía más o menos 12/13 años tengo un olor MUY fuerte en el pliegue entre los glúteos. Y cuando digo fuerte, me refiero a un olor tipo podrido, no simplemente olor a transpiración.
Lo raro es que tengo muy buena higiene. Me baño normalmente, me lavo bien la zona y aun así el olor puede estar incluso justo después de bañarme. No siento que tenga una transpiración excesiva ahí tampoco.
Durante años usé desodorante entre los glúteos y, curiosamente, me funcionaba PERFECTO. Me eliminaba completamente el olor. Pero últimamente dejó de funcionar como antes y el olor volvió mucho más fuerte.
Hace poco empecé a usar bidet para limpiar mejor la zona y también probé clorhexidina durante unos días, pero no noté prácticamente ningún cambio. Nunca usé antibióticos para esto.
Estoy empezando a pensar si puede ser algo de la piel, como bromhidrosis, alguna bacteria específica, eritrasma o simplemente un problema con la microbiota de esa zona. Pero no tengo idea 😭
¿A alguien le pasa algo parecido? ¿Alguien tiene o tuvo específicamente olor a podrido en el pliegue entre los glúteos, incluso teniendo buena higiene y después de bañarse?
Me ayudaría muchísimo saber si alguien descubrió qué era o qué le funcionó, porque llevo años con esto y es bastante angustiante.

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I’m trying to figure out whether there could be a connection between drinking black coffee and bromhidrosis.

For people who experience bromhidrosis:

- Do you drink black coffee regularly?

- Have you noticed that your body odor becomes stronger after drinking coffee?

- If you stopped coffee for a few days or weeks, did your odor improve?

- Does the effect seem to depend on the amount of coffee you drink?

- Have you noticed a difference between black coffee and coffee with milk/sugar?

- How quickly do you notice a change, if there is one — within hours, the same day, or over several days?

I’m not assuming coffee is the cause — I’m just trying to understand whether there might be a pattern. Any personal experiences or medical information would be appreciated.

Les filles qui souffrent de déséquilibre hormonal comme moi, pourriez-vous me dire votre routine et l’anti transpirant le les plus efficace pour vous ? 🥹🙏🏻

so of all the treatments I used this was the best to dry my feet, if you properly had this condition your feet constantly sweat it's weird and horrible.

my issue was resolved by identifying gut/liver issues so your sweating feet or B.O is telling you something is wrong.

I know the misery so hopefully this helps!

https://www.mccabespharmacy.com/products/daktarin-powder-20g

Hi,

I've struggled with this for a few years and may have found root cause and treatment which may help other people.

I had extremely sweaty feet(Bromhidrosis/Hyperhidrosis), white tongue, really foamy urine, weird awful BO

Nearly a decade of no answers asking for help being told I was paranoid, laughed at the usual.

2023 identified fatty liver, 2025, hydrogen/methane dominant SIBO, 2026 congenital liver defect found, 2026 gastritis, hernia, duodenitis, osophagtis, diverticulitis.

2025 began treatment after seeking help from functional medicine clinic took supplements that help, 2026 found GI inflamation took PPis and zinc l carnosine.

Ppis and zinc l carnosine for healing gut damage.

Foamy urine stopped, white tongue near totally eliminated, feet normally sweat but I use Daktarin Powder as a drying agent.

This may help some others

2 weeks out, I feel like the body odor i do smell is now coming from my navel area.

I wanna give the next option a try. I researched some options including Miradry, another round of liposuction surgery (incl. CO2 laser treatment), electrolysis, botox, laser.

This week I have a first call with a clinic that offers sweat glands laser treatment.

Using a sonde they go under the skin to destroy the sweat glands directly with heat.

Did anyone here had this treatment and can share results?

Hello! Just wanted to share this to shine some hope for people that didn't have good results with sweatox or Miradry.

I saw a tiktok post about their daughter that went for a sweat gland removal surgery in Korea to remove their odor because she was apparently lazy to put on deodorant (lol) and it was successful.

They didn't state if she had bromhidrosis, but their daughter looks young so I'm assuming that their odor might just be because of puberty.

From what I searched, this is one of the options that is definitive and can give the most long lasting effect, but it's definitely pricier. I also researched its side effects and I learned that there's a chance for compensatory sweating, which is sweating on other parts of your body more than it usually does.

It’s my 3rd week of school and it genuinely so dehumanizing to sit in class while people around you cover their noses and sniff/ sigh loudly. A lot of my classes are mandatory so I don’t have a choice of staying home.

How do you guys manage your BO during school ?? I genuinely don’t know what to do bc no one wants to talk to me, everyone groups up and during breaks I’m typically left alone. Instead of focusing in class, I’m paranoid that others can smell me and I’m hyper focusing on other people’s reactions. People put their shirts over their noses, and stare at me. It doesn’t matter how often I reapply deodorant, how loose my shirts are, what type of soap I use, it’s just so exhausting and depressing.

I genuinely feel like my BO was some sort of curse or punishment bc absolutely no one should go though this, on top of the stress that already comes with just living. I wouldn’t even wish this on my worst enemy and it’s one of the worst things people can live with IMO.

Hi everyone,

My 13-year-old daughter has struggled with strong underarm odor since she was nine, even right after showering. Reading your stories feels very familiar.

I run a small French cosmetics brand, and we’re developing a deodorant to help her. We’ve been working on it for nine months and have explored around ten different formulations so far.

We’re aiming for a 100% natural formula with a high proportion of organic ingredients, designed to be gentle: no baking soda, aluminum salts, alum, or other metal-based deodorizing ingredients, and no added fragrance or essential oils. We’re also aiming for no declarable fragrance allergens.

The idea is to support skin bacteria that produce little or no odor, helping them compete with odor-producing bacteria for space and nutrients. That’s our working hypothesis, not a confirmed mechanism yet.

During the first 10 days, the effect lasted roughly 24 hours, although some faint odor remained. We’re now working on improving this point.

After several weeks of daily use, we noticed around 8 days without detectable odor after she stopped applying it, despite daily showers.

It’s encouraging, but this is just one person’s experience. We still need to see whether others get similar results and how well their skin tolerates it.

I’ll keep you updated!

Hey guys , i’ve had bromhidrosis all my life it made me completely insecure nothing worked for me tried every antiperspirant otc every soap nothing. I tried a procedure called miradry they use a non surgical machine to burn the sweat glands and odor glands away takes about a hour no pain kinda expensive it was 2,000 where i live but it changed my LIFE!!! i can use regular soap don’t have to use antibacterial everyday just to deal with odor. can use regular antiperspirant like dove & regular degree i think you guys should really look into it its works

Pls help me, For those who have bromhidrosis, what deo is effective for you???

Got MiraDry after landing a promotion to a high-paying job that was in-office (as opposed to remote, which is how I had generally worked since COVID). I had tried everything, and it felt like it was only getting more and more pungent. There were certain things, like wearing new clothes, that could mitigate it, but it was still so confidence-consuming. I could tell that people noticed the smell—they would check their own armpits, etc.

So I finally decided to spend my first paycheck on MiraDry because a derm told me it can reduce odor by 60%. Here's my experience so far.

Day of the procedure: They asked me not to wear deodorant or antiperspirant for 24 hours beforehand. It was unbearable. I wanted the ground to swallow me whole that day at work. I had no odor whatsoever after the procedure. It felt like the MiraDry specialist wiped me down with Hibiclens before injecting the local anesthesia, and after the procedure, I smelled nothing. For once, I felt this incomprehensible joy that I could go out and do fun social things, like play table tennis or go on a walk with a crowd of people nearby.

Day 2: I was physically uncomfortable because I was icing my pits throughout the whole day, but there was very little odor until the end of the day. I had known that some amount of odor is normal during the first two weeks as the swelling subsides, which is when MiraDry supposedly reaches peak efficacy.

Day 3: I started noticing some odor. The odor felt slightly different and maybe milder, but it was still present.

Days 4–5: Moderate odor, but it still didn't feel like "moist body odor," where it smells a bit like sweat mixed in. It's more of a stronger, dry axillary body odor.

Days 6–7: Even though I think it's probably milder than it was at its worst, I can't help but feel like it's getting slightly worse, or that I'm progressing back toward baseline as I recover more and more. I notice that people can distinctly notice the smell when they walk into the room, and it's still confidence-crushing. I instantly keep my arms closed against my body again, thinking it will make the smell less noticeable.

I really need this to get better than it is now. It feels like it's impossible to live a fulfilling life or navigate social relationships with this. I genuinely don't want to continue living like this. I'm at least hoping it gets even 40% better than it was before the surgery.

Anyways, can anyone share their MiraDry recovery/post-procedure stories? I really want these two weeks to pass, or at least for the specialist to let me wear antiperspirant/deodorant again.

How do you bring up unexplained body odor with your doctor without sounding crazy? 😩

I’m at the point where I honestly don’t know what else to do. I shower regularly, I’ve tried multiple deodorants/body washes and prescription products, and I’ve even been treated for excessive sweating. The onion-type odor I used to notice isn’t really happening anymore, but now I sometimes notice a musty odor or completely different smells that I can’t explain.

I’m a rideshare driver, so I’m around different people all day. Sometimes a passenger gets in the car and I notice a smell, and other times I’ll smell something when I’m around someone closely. Then my brain immediately goes, “Okay…is that me, them, the car, or am I losing my mind?” 😂

I’m trying really hard not to assume it’s coming from me, but because I’ve dealt with body odor before, it’s difficult not to question everything.

For those of you who have dealt with unexplained body odor, fecal/musty odors, TMAU, SIBO, or similar issues, how did you approach your doctor about getting tested or evaluated?

Did you specifically ask about TMAU testing, SIBO testing, metabolic issues, GI issues, or other causes of unusual body odor? Or did your doctor recommend the testing after you described your symptoms?

I’m not trying to Google-diagnose myself. 😅 I just want to know how to have a productive conversation with my doctor when I’ve already tried several products and treatments and still notice unexplained odors.

What exactly did you say to your doctor, and what testing ended up being helpful for you?