Around 10%-15% of people have an overgrowth of a super stinky bacteria called Kytococcus sedentarius on their feet.

Dear Dr. Donohue: Our daughter showers every morning and rotates her shoes. She can still knock us over when she kicks off her shoes in the evening. It happens no matter what the shoe is made of. Is ...

LUGANO, 30 October, 2020 - New research (1) presented at the 29th EADV Congress, EADV Virtual, shows that socks coated in zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) can prevent bromodosis (foot odour) and ...

Scientists in Thailand have developed a coating for socks that kills bacteria and cures smelly feet. The coating, made from zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs), can prevent bromodosis, better known as ...

A 23-year-old man was referred with a one-year history of malodorous exudative lesions on the soles of both feet. His condition seemed temporally related to the use of occlusive footwear at work and ...

Scientists may have developed a novel solution to smelly feet. Known medically as bromodosis, the unpleasant odour usually occurs when sweaty feet wear the same shoes for days on end. This warm, moist ...

‘You've got to do something about his smelly feet, doctor.' This is usually the battle cry of a woman dragging her reluctant male other half for an appointment – and, typically, precipitates a script ...

Antibacterial coatings for socks made from zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) are harmless to skin and prevent bomodosis (foot odor) and reduce pitted keratolysis, a skin infection. Socks coating, ...

Developed by the Royal Thai Airforce, the ZnO-NP-coated socks were trialled in a real-life setting by researchers at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University in Thailand. They found that the antibacterial ...