- Sweating is the body’s way of keeping itself cool.
- Hyperhidrosis is a common condition characterized by excessive sweating.
- There are three kinds of sweat: sweat from heat, sweat from exercise and sweat from stress.
- Stress sweat smells the worst.
- Sweat is actually odorless; it is the bacteria on the skin that creates the bad smell.
- Generally, men sweat more than women.
- There are two types of sweat glands; eccrine glands are found over most of the body while apocrine glands are mostly limited to armpits.
- On average, a human body has about 2.6 million sweat glands.
- Night is the best time to apply antiperspirant because they are effective when applied to very dry skin.
- Hippo sweat is red.
Written by: Moonface