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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do many Asians perspire from their heads, and not their bodies?  I know this sounds ridiculous, but this is what a Vietnamese friend of mine told me.  I was saying that my 6yo adopted Chinese DD's head is always sweaty in the summer-time, and he said, "That's how we Asians are! She [pointing to his Cauc. wife] has to use deodorant and I don't!  I sweat it all out my head!"  Sorry if this sounds absolutely nuts. :([/quote]

Hi, PP!  This is OP.  OK, now we are getting somewhere.  These are the questions I actually expected from this thread.   :)   No offense taken.

I have no idea, but I think Asians do perspire less!  I have no idea why, maybe because the countries have cold winters?  I don't sweat myself unless I am working out or it's a really hot day.  As for the sweating from the head, my DD's head is so sweaty sometimes when she sleeps.  Also, Asians have black hair, which retains heat in the sun way more than blonde heads.  Could explain the sweatiness in the summertime.  Even brunette hair will be less hot than a head of black hair.  Difference in temperature between a black car and a golden one that's been sitting out in the summer sun, same principle.

You know, your daughter will never have to shave her legs in her entire life.  Asians also have a dry, flaky type of earwax.  DH's earwax are these huge lumpy, yellow things, but I don't have any earwax.  I'm not nuts, this is true: "There are two distinct genetically determined types of earwax: the wet type, which is dominant, and the dry type, which is recessive. While Asians and Native Americans are more likely to have the dry type of cerumen (gray and flaky), African and European people are more likely to have the wet type (honey-brown to dark-brown and moist)."--from wiki.
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HI!  PP back!  Yep, we know all about the wax issue!  She sees an ENT (for other things) and he always removes the wax and tells me every time about the Asian wax issue.  Ha ha.  So we are pretty familiar with that one in our house!

And I am totally down with her never having to shave!  That would be the life! ;)

Yes, I have wondered about the darker color of hair being the reason behind the increased sweatiness.  That was one of my hypotheses too.  And yes, my DD's head can be a total sweatball when she wakes up in the morning!  Even her pillow will be damp! ;)

Thanks for your reply! :)[/quote]

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