How to combat sweating

Sweating is a physiological process that consists of an increase in the secretion produced by the sweat glands to maintain a control of body temperature. However, the amount of sweat is influenced by several causes that can interact with each other. In fact, everyone can attest to an increase in their sweating during physical activity, in moments of nervous tension, in environmental conditions that show excessive heat and when there are states of fever or weakness. To be reported, also, an increase in sweating also related to hormones, in the growth phase of adolescents, but also, for women, in premenstrual periods, in pregnancy and premenstrual.

The skin, in order to stay healthy, needs to perspire and sweat, thus staying in contact with oxygen. However, due to the participation of other skin components such as sebum and corneocytes, sweating leads to the formulation of bad odors.

The eccrine or sweat glands, found throughout the body but particularly in the axillary cavity, on the hand and under the feet, primarily perform a thermoregulatory function. The secretion of these glands is odorless and contains small percentages of lactic acid and glucose, The apocrine glands are diffuse in the axillary cavity, do not have a thermo-regulatory function, but are influenced by hormones such as adrenaline. The secretion produced by these glands is lipo-proteinic, it is affected by hormonal variations, it can be attacked by bacterial flora causing unpleasant smells. After all, the typical underarm odor is the result of a combination of protein, sulfur and butyric compounds. Together with the secretion of the sebaceous glands, the apocrine sweat generates unpleasant odors, as mentioned, also due to the intervention of the bacterial flora.

The laboratories Poli^© after months of research have formulated an antibacterial deodorant. Dr. Poli’s intention was to create a product that would leave the skin’s perspiration unaltered, without compromising the body’s delicate balance with substances that would form a sort of plug. The solution was found by fighting the real cause of bad odors, namely the action of bacterial flora.