LonelyInBC31OPBattle Creek, Michigan USA2,760 posts
There are more than a quarter of a million sweat glands in our feet, and they release 4.5 litres of moisture every week. When you're barefoot, the moisture evaporates, but in shoes it hangs around and provides the perfect environment for bacterial growth. It's this bacteria that causes foot odour.
Stress and hormonal changes may also contribute to smelly feet.
A last resort for patients who cannot stop the problem is surgery. Called a sympathectomy, it's a procedure that removes the nerve that stimulates sweating. The procedure is designed to relieve problems of the armpits or hands, but it often reduces a foot problem too.
Tell him to wear socks that are all natural fibre like cotton or wool. Don't wear anything containing acrylic on your feet. I used to but now my feet smell like roses!
I have a preteen daughter so I am used to smelly feet, nothing that a bit of foot spray doesn't cure. Some people just have a natural tendency to be more "smelly" than others, but regular bathing and foot powders and sprays mostly eliminate the need for running from the room and reaching for clothespins.
The surgery you are referring to is actually Endoscopic Thoracic Symapthectomy, it is most commonly used to treat palmar hyperhidrosis, "sweaty palms". This would be a last resort treatment and only for those in which this type of condition is chronic and unrelieved by all other conventional and medical treatments.
Smelly feet aren't incurable....Take it from John Madden BOOM!!! Tough actin' Tinactin.... I'll tolerate it as long as something is being done to remedy the problem...I personally prize my feet, because I like to use them in my outdoor adventures...With stinky athletes foot...I wouldn't be able to...Bomb those stinky feets ladies..
Like a romance novel that reads like this ...The two lovers embraced, and fell to the floor...The odor of stank feet wafting in the air was the ambiance that sparked the lovers passion...You get the idea..
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What about those who kick of them shoes and run you outta the room?
Would ya date a guy/gal with smelly feet?
Support your answer!
and yes, there is a point to this thread!