do autistic people have a smell?

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I allways smell like corn chips, but I don't like to eat corn chips.

And my old friend's mom said I smelled like cinimon all the time. I don't know how.

I don't know what my everyday scent is, but it's different from your average person. You come to my home and if I've been holed up inside too long it smells more-than-faintly of..... slightly-dirty person. [shrug]


...but on the positive side, garlic has the opposite effect on me! I get sweet breath and my wife loves kissing me!

At first glance I was like HUH?! But many claim this is true. I sure hope I dont smell, I like to stay clean, nobody ever told me I stunk accept for that hot summer day hiking with friends when I was a kid and someone told me it was that time to begin using deoderant, hehe.

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I don't know my kids both smell different from one another and their father too all aspies they smell kinda musky to me. I smell like me, but I don't know it's any different then anyone else's unique smell although my husband has said I smell like vanilla.

My cat has a certain meow that he makes at me just about 3 to 5 minutes before I have a seizure so I know to get somewhere safe, turn off the stove etc. I think it may be how I move or act I never thought of smell.

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This subject is oddly fascinating.
I have a terrible natural odor and am allergic to most deodorants, and find that things like perfumes and scented lotions really disturb me- I get very distracted and sometimes upset by odors, including my own.
The only deodorant I can stand wearing is all-natural and does not seem to work at all.

My father in law is a big kook and going "pure natural" without reason like yours (being allergic) but it HAS netted some possibilities for you;
You need acidity to kill the bacteria in the armpits making the smell... and a natural way to do that is lemon juice! He also uses coconut oil or something... I was too weirded out to ask why, but for your sake I will.

After all, noone likes a stinky person. It's not fair, but that's just the way it is.

I have a rustic smell to my skin, like rusted metal. My hands also smell like sugar.

I do appreciate any insight you can provide! If only I too had a natural vanilla scent.
I have asked people many times whether they can smell me or if they think I smell bad, and the answer is always "no."
But these are the same people who make fun of someone who has an odor (oh, for instance, mothballs) until I tell that person and then things change.
So I suspect they are lying.
Anyway, it's not kooky not to wear deodorant. Its use has been implicated in breast cancer (very much on the rise in men!) and alzheimer's disease.

Everyone I know has a specific smell, even if it's only due to perfumes. But each person has a scent--- different odors produced by sweat glands, oil glands, etc. Some people have a pleasant scent, and others do not. Some people stink. I don't think I'm the only one who knows this.

I can't think of ANYTHING in deoderant that adds to alzheimers. Maybe you are talking about antiperspirant that DOES!

Aluminum as an ingredient is thought to have a link to Alzheimer's...it is just a theory.

yeah, it isn't the smell of you, so much but the combination of you and bacteria.

Sweat is not smelly itself (except the pheromones, which are so subtle that we are not consciously aware of smelling them), but it quickly becomes a breeding ground for bacteria. These bacteria break down sweat to produce fatty acids. It is these fatty acids that have the acrid, penetrating, pungent, ‘stale sweat’ smell. Arm and groin sweat is particularly rich in protein – a favourite of bacteria. Sweat from other parts of the body is saltier and less hospitable to bacteria. This problem can be approached in two ways: sweating itself can be prevented; or the bacteria that cause the smell can be attacked.

What you can do for sweaty armpits

Avoid pungent foods such as onions, fish, garlic and spicy meals. These foods can be smelt in sweat and make it more noticeable.

Malt vinegar is an old-fashioned remedy that might be worth a try. Apply some to your armpits at night. Wash it off in the morning and then use your normal deodorant/antiperspirant.

Shave your armpits. Hair holds sweat and gives the bacteria more to work on.

20% aluminium chloride is the next thing to try if ordinary antiperspirants have not done the trick, but it can damage clothing. It can be bought from the pharmacist (ask for Drichlor, Anhydrol Forte, Odaban or Perspirex) and should be used as follows.

Before going to bed, wash and dry your armpits thoroughly. If you apply the solution to wet skin, a chemical reaction produces hydrochloric acid, which can irritate skin and tarnish jewellery. If necessary, use a hair dyer to ensure your skin is absolutely dry.
Apply the solution when you are lying down in bed. This sounds odd, but armpit sweating switches off when you lie flat, and the solution will be more effective if applied then. The solution works by passing into the openings of the sweat glands, causing them to swell up and block, but if sweat is pouring out of the glands when you apply the solution, it will not be able to get in.
It works best if the area is covered with plastic cling-film (food wrap). Unfortunately, the armpit is an awkward shape. Use tape (such as Micropore, which you can buy from a pharmacy) to hold the plastic wrap in place, then put on a tight-fitting T-shirt to help keep it in position.
Do not apply the solution directly after shaving, or the skin may become sore.
Wash off the solution in the morning, and do not reapply until bedtime.
If it proves effective reduce the application to every other night, and then to once or twice a week. Do not use it every day, because it can irritate the skin.
If it causes irritation, applying 1% hydrocortisone cream twice a day for not more than 2 weeks can help.
What doctors can do for sweaty armpits

Botulinum toxin (Botox, Dysport) is a powerful poison, but injections of very tiny doses into the skin stop excessive sweating.

The injections are painful, but the pain is tolerable. Treatment takes about 30–45 minutes.
Botulinum toxin works by inactivating the nerves that trigger sweat-gland activity.
One treatment of about 12 tiny injections stops or substantially reduces armpit sweating for 2–8 months. After that, a repeat session will be needed.
This is a fairly new treatment, and is not available in all hospitals, but your doctor will be able to find out the location of the nearest specialist treatment centre.
It does not work for everyone, but about 9 out of 10 people respond (Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 2005;43:77–80).
People who have had this treatment say that it greatly improves their quality of life (British Journal of Dermatology 2004;151:1115–22).
As you would expect, this treatment also reduces the smelliness of the armpits (Archives of Dermatology 2003;139:57–9).
A sympathectomy operation to destroy the sympathetic nerves that control sweating, often by keyhole surgery, is almost the last resort.

A general anaesthetic is required.
The sympathetic nerves lie in the chest just under the second, third and fourth ribs on each side. The surgeon operates through an incision in the chest wall and cuts the nerves or destroys them using an electrical current.
After the operation, you can return to a sedentary job after 1–2 weeks, and to a manual job after 2–3 weeks.
The immediate success rate is almost 80%, but after a few years only one-third of people who have had the operation are satisfied (Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 2005;43:77–80).
The main drawback is that the body may compensate by increasing sweating elsewhere – usually the trunk, but sometimes the feet – so you may end up swapping sweaty armpits for a sweaty abdomen. This happens in between one-third and three-quarters of people who have had the operation. In 1 in 100, this ‘compensatory’ sweating is very severe, and they regret they had the operation. Unfortunately, the operation cannot be reversed.

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