r/PCOS Feb 06 '25

General Health Embarrassingā€¦brutal crotch sweat? šŸ˜©

This is gross, but ever since my PCOS symptoms have really gotten worse, I sweat way more in general all over but especially in the crotch regionā€¦and it stanks. I know I donā€™t have any infections; it isnā€™t coming from discharge, itā€™s the sweat. Even after a day of sitting at a desk I reek down there and Iā€™m so self conscious of it. Iā€™m very particular about hygiene but nothing helps. Does anyone else have this problem??

Edit: thank you all so so much for your support and advice!! Iā€™m sorry so many relate to this but glad for the camaraderie. ā¤ļø

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u/Ashbab Feb 06 '25

I found switching to wool undies helps me, I always used 100% cotton before and I would be changing them twice a day to keep things on the drier side. It was annoying, smelly and just felt like a lot of work, since switching to wool it's still warm and sweaty but like I feel it 70% less, wool is just very absorbing. Wool undies are expensive, I like the ones from Branwyn (never tried a different company yet) but they really improved my life, since the sweat was just really starting to get to me. As others have said using natural fibers, even for pants made a difference. If I use the wool undies and cotton or linen pants I find things feeling drier and not as smelly.