Dr. Janellen Smith weighs in on stinky ball syndrome - causes and prevention.

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So what do you do to combat stinky balls?

Regularly wash and thoroughly dry your balls in the morning and keep them dry throughout the day. “We try to make an environment that [bacteria] do not like,” Smith said.

She says it’s best to keep your balls unconstricted. Wear boxers rather than briefs, she advises, and wear cotton, which “wicks away moisture so that it doesn’t stay on the skin so much.”

She also advises her patients to use an antifungal powder on the groin, such as Zeasorb, which you can get at your drugstore for about $10. Alternatively, she recommends a gel, such as Monistat’s Complete Care Chafing Relief Powder Gel (about $9), that allows your folded skin layers to glide over each other with less friction.

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Janellen Smith, MD, professor of dermatology at the University of California, Irvine.