Asian people normally do not have Rh-negative blood and it is not stored for transfusions in hospitals. International travelers who have negative blood rhesus are in huge trouble if they happen to need a blood transfusion. There are so many ways in which Asians differ from other races, and one of them is that, in order to get rid of body odor, they typically don’t need to use deodorant.
We at Bright Side understand that being envious doesn’t feel good, but we can’t help but be jealous of Asian people who don’t bother using deodorant on their armpits, according to different reports. And it’s not because they don’t care for the scent on their bodies, but because of their unique condition, and we’d love to make you find out more about it with us.
It’s all about the “smelly” gene.
As our body actually generates odorless sweat that is later infected by bacteria, no one is born with smelly armpits, and that’s where the smell comes from. But a recent study from Bristol University has found that whether or not the armpits smell depends on one unique gene called ABCC11.
Scientists initially assumed that this gene was only responsible for earwax durability, making it either dry or wet. In fact, 80% to 95% of East Asian people have dry earwax, while African and European people have wet earwax, it was found. And, oddly, the consistency of the earwax is related to the armpits’ smell.
As it turns out, a special genetic disorder is present in Asian citizens, which is a lack of the gene, ABCC11. This leaves their earwax dry because the material that feeds bacteria lacks it. The same thing happens with their sweat: it doesn’t smell because the bacteria remain “hungry” because this material is not created by the bodies of Asian people for their food.
European and African individuals are not as fortunate as fewer than 3% of them do not have this gene while the rest do, which is why their armpit bacteria have an area in which they can flourish, thereby creating an odor.
Some people still use deodorant when they don’t need to.
Surprisingly, even though they do not have this “smelly gene,” the vast majority of women prefer to use deodorant. Genetic scientists believe that pressure from culture is the reason why some of us continue to adopt numerous unnecessary hygienic rituals simply because “everyone else does it.”
When you know that you do not have any deodorant on hand, how do you feel? For coping with body odor, what is your life hack?
