Why does armpit hair turn white?

The main reason why the armpit hair turns white is that the hair lacks melanin. The synthesis of melanin is related to our daily sun exposure, and unhygienic armpits can also cause the hair to turn white. For the symptom of armpit hair turning white, everyone should pay attention to the hygiene of the armpits. It is best to use soap to clean the armpit skin when taking a bath, and change clothes in time when sweating.

This disease, also known as axillary hair acne, is a bacterial disease caused by the invasion of axillary hair by Corynebacterium tenuissima. It parasitizes within the cells of the cuticle and between the cells of the skin tissue. High incidence season: Most common in summer, seen in young and middle-aged people with excessive sweating. Damage characteristics: mainly seen on the armpit hair shaft sparsely scattered yellow, red or white waxy nodules, firmly adhered to the hair shaft, not easy to clean, because the outer layer of hair wrapped in this layer is bacteria and bacteria excrement, its texture is tight, general antiseptic drugs can not penetrate to kill bacteria, with soap, soap is difficult to wash off, with fingernails is also very difficult to scrape off this layer, also known as "false fox / odor"!

1. Characteristics of the disease:

◆Excessive sweating and bad odor, the odor is similar to fox/follicle odor, and the odor worsens when sweating

◆ There are fat (wax-like) crystals in grayish yellow, yellow, red, intense, white, blue, etc. on the armpit hair, which are firmly attached to the hair shaft

◆The color sweat produced when sweating will stain the underwear. It often dyes the underwear into red, blue, purple, and black!

◆The armpit hair is dull, dry and easily broken, and the wrapping on the armpit hair is difficult to wash off even with soap

◆After shaving the armpit hair, when it grows out again, the above symptoms will still appear on the armpit hair, which is easy to relapse and difficult to cure!

◆Armillary hair is contagious, usually through contact. Sharing clothes or toiletries can cause infection.

2 Hazards

◆If not treated in time, it may cause other skin diseases/symptoms!

◆Causes complications such as body odor!

3 Treatment

◆Shave the affected armpit hair, apply 5% sulfur cream topically, and if there is excessive sweating, apply 1% formalin/lin solution topically for simple treatment!

◆Buy professional skin treatment medicines!