Today, my doctor informed me that my severe body odor has no cure, no treatments, and is caused by… eating food. Not any specific food, just food. So either I can stop eating entirely, or I can smell like rotting fish in an outhouse. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I had to finally come to terms with the fact that I am obese when the doctor told me that my weird smell was not an infection but mold growing between my fat rolls. FML
Today, my natural body odor has gotten so bad that despite wearing 20 swipes of men’s deodorant under each armpit and taking three showers a day with an entire bottle of body wash, I still smell like a cross between onions and hot garbage. I’m a woman. FML
Today, multiple customers have complained about my body odor. Not only can I not smell anything, but I shower three times a day and brush my teeth seven times a day. FML
Today, my roommate found a solution to his awful body odor: bathing in vinegar. Now instead of smelling like a middle school locker room, the house smells like a chemical plant. I'm not sure which is worse. FML
Today, I went to the doctor, expecting him to tell me my cancer was gone. Instead, he told me I will need a colostomy, which means all my favorite food will be replaced with yogurt and parsley. No tabbouleh, as onions would make the colostomy bag stink. FML
Today, I learned how awful intertrigo smells. I spent a ton of money and years of my life to become a health care provider apparently to treat the yeast infection between an obese woman's fat folds. FML
Today, I found out that I have a bacteria causing me to smell bad. For the last three years, strangers would say that I stink, I thought it was because I'm a smoker and they could smell cigarettes from my clothes, only to find out that people could smell my vagina through my pants. FML
Today, despite not eating for a week, my digestive system is still overflowing with gas and I fart every 2 minutes. No medicines help, and the six doctors I’ve been to have not been able to find anything wrong with me. FML
Today, despite using deodorant religiously and showering twice a day, my roommate still smells so bad that every time she enters the room I become physically sick. FML
Today, it's so insanely hot that no matter how often I shower or use deodorant the smell of my armpits makes me feel physically sick. FML
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Brightside86 31
Something doesn't smell right, you should get a 2nd opinion.
Ellimac21 14
I think you need a second opinion... Because the explanation your doctor just gave you is no explanation at all. You may need to refer to a specialist and not a general doctor
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Brightside86 31
Something doesn't smell right, you should get a 2nd opinion.
thatslifeiguess7 16
Go to an endro doctor
Slim87R 7
Did you make right guard turn left? Did secret tell on you? Did you make speed stick slow down and stop?
jobekka 20
get a new doctor ;)
Ellimac21 14
I think you need a second opinion... Because the explanation your doctor just gave you is no explanation at all. You may need to refer to a specialist and not a general doctor
Courtnee Alexandra 3
This is a real thing. I saw a show about it before. It's called Trimethylaminuria. There's really no cure. The lady on the show that had it said even after bathing several times a day and using the strongest deodorants and sprays, you can still smell it. It can be controlled by watching what you eat since certain foods make it worse. But it will never go completely away, unfortunately.
Yolanda Patrice Evans 17
Change your diet and stop complaining. You are what you eat.
dazedfaze 1
I saw a video about a girl with the same issue. her family said that Lume deodorant helped disguise the smell and that they couldn't smell her, I thinkbuts worth a shot
Regis Bent 12
Maybe try altering your diet and seeing if it's a certain food you're eating that's causing the BO?
Shawn Kotris 10
I actually know someone with this same condition. It's gotta suck. The person I know who has it is the sweetest, nicest person I know too. Which just makes me feel even more bad for them.