Dr Norman Swan

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26,995 appearances 288 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2006 last heard 15 Sep

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What's That Rash? · Body hair removal: healthy or not? · 28 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah, they had one armpit.

Sheaved one armpit knot.

So there's pheromones sitting in this story as well.

We'll give the results.

People can make up their own minds.

These studies where one armpit shaved, one armpit not, the shaved armpit smelled better.

I've heard anecdotes from people who've had laser treatment to their armpits that they don't like the result because they feel it's harder to control body odor without that.

So I've heard that that's just an anecdote.

But I think overall, it's considered lower amount of auxiliary hair, lower amount of bacteria that produce body odor.

But I would refer you back to our what's that rash on body odor where we deal with this.

And I suppose if you said to this person, you know, how much would you pay to have your hair back?

Despite all these people trying to remove hair, she'd pay a lot of money to have her hair back, I would suspect.

Yeah.

You start to see how hair does protect you.

I could see me making a comeback along with red light therapy.

Well, best practice hair removal is really your preference.

But people who look to this, dermatologists would say the three main types are, well, four, if you like, are, well, five.

Let me just go through here.

But you've got shaving.

And so done carefully, shaving is safe, but it comes back quickly.

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