Social media is heating up over why Asians don’t have body odor
www.nbcnews.com
Between 80 and 95% of East Asians have little to none of that typical acidic body odor smell. And it all comes down to a gene mutation.
  • flying_sheep@lemmy.mlEnglish
    63·
    3 months ago

    Did you know that you can click the headline to get to an actual article that you can read, which answers this question?

    • isolatedscotchEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

      guilty! should have read it before commenting blindly

      for everyone else reading,

      a dysfunctional ABCC11 gene is also connected to drier, less goopy earwax. “So less of that means less body odor, and also translates to dry earwax.”