Making Scents: Improvement of Olfactory Profile after Botulinum Toxin-A Treatment in Healthy Individuals

The axilla is particularly associated with body odor and putative pheromone production in humans. Although botulinum toxin type A (BT-A) is injected increasingly into the axillary skin to stop excessive sweating, its potential to control body odor is largely unexplored.The objective was to measure the impact of BT-A on human axillary odor in an objective and reproducible fashion.This study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial...