I am trying to figure out why my deodorant just fails to work. I take a shower, wait a bit for my arm pits to dry and then put deodorant on. Go to work, come home and my armpits spell sort of bad. I don't even have a strenuous job. Why isn't my deodorant working? I swapped types because the other kind I had was fucking up my shirts and staining them. This kind doesn't stain my shirts but it doesn't seem very odor protective I guess. I still end up having to wash my shirts after exactly one time wearing them because the arm pits smell funky. I just want my deodorant to work. I know I can't wear the kind of deodorant that is blue colored because it iritates my armpits. So I only wear the deodorants that are white colored. Help. I just want to smell fine for 12+ hours. FUCK! Am I doing something wrong? Pic related. It is the kind of deodorant I use right now.
>>34964721Some people just smell more, genetically. you just a stinky dude.
>>34964761FUCK! My biggest fear is finally getting to sleep over a womans house and waking up smelling bad. Fucking hell man.
>>34964721It is working. It's deodorant not antiperspirant. It can only cover so much odor and handle so much sweat before you need to reapply.
you likely need an antiperspirant if you want to inhibit sweat, but some people are worried about the chemicals in those. when switching deodorants from an antiperspirant to a more natural one they advise using charcoal on your armpits for a short while as your body readjusts. if you have true hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), botox injections to the armpit are considered one of the rare non-cosmetic medical uses for it. they're very effective, fairly cheap (all things considered), and many types of insurance will write that off since it's a legitimate medical use. you should probably bring deodorant with you if you have to reapply that much. there are also full body chemical deodorants that claim they last for 72 hours, but their ingredients tend to cause allergic reactions in some people. on me they feel like using chemical exfoliants. here, this is a "white colored" deodorant and antiperspirant that i personally use. it's sandalwood and leather but the brand has multiple other scents. it's a pretty common brand in the us. i barely sweat at all with this and love the scent. i gotta say though, bro, after 12+ hours you're pretty much always going to smell like something. in that period you've hopefully eaten several times, moved around, gone outside, etc. that's just how life works. washing your shirts after wearing them once is normal and hygienic. are you washing yourself frequently too? do you have an excessive amount of armpit hair? whatever you're using is going to cling to that and it will rub on your shirts. you can trim it to ease this or even shave it if it really bothers you.
Keep trying different ones. I went from anti-perspirants, to Arm & Hammer, to a higher-end stick. It manages to hold up in Florida's swamp-ass summers. Also, some athletes say that women's deodorants actually do a better job than the men formulations.
>>34964802hmm I see. I don't think I have that excessive sweating issue. My arm pits never really feel drenched I guess. Also, isn't the aluminum zirconium thing what causes irritation?
>>34964878aluminum tends to be what causes it in antiperspirants with aluminum, yes, but the chemical deodorants that are on the market now like lume are different. women have more of a problem with irritation because they shave their armpits and the product gets into the microtears from the razor/they get ingrown hairs already. if excessive sweat isn't an issue then your deodorant just sucks. some of them are like that. i recommend an antiperspirant deodorant combo. if you really don't want to use an antiperspirant, some people use powders to help. cornstarch and baby powder are common, like goldbond. just get the kind without talc. black women in america used to put that all over their panties to stop scent and sweat and got various kinds of ovarian cancer from it.
>>34964918Is there anything inherently dangerous about the aluminum stuff? The main reason why I stopped using deodorants that had it is because I thought that was what was causing my shirts to get stained like crazy. So basically, I think I am looking for a deodorant+antiperspirant combo that doesn't stain shirts. and keeps me smelling decent I guess 8 hours is more realistic. I just hated washing my shirts and then coming out still stained in the armpits.
>>34964941some people allege there is a tie between aluminum in deodorant being absorbed through your skin and various forms of cancer but there is no actual medical proof of any link. and honestly so many goddamn things can give you cancer at any moment it's a bit of a drop in an ocean here. the more pertinent issue with it is that it can cause localized skin irritation, that it can react with protein in your skin to leave yellow stains on light clothing, and that using antiperspirants blocks your sweat glands (duh, that's the point. it's like complaining glp-1s slow your gastric digestion and reduce your appetite). but medical myths persist and people freaking the fuck out about MUH TOXINS has had a surge in "natural" deodorant. do you use any other form of body care like scented bodywash/soap, lotion, or cologne? there are cheap colognes like 4711 that are used throughout the day to refresh your scent. they're not like what you might think of as a "cologne" as in some spray bottle of heavy scent, they're more like gloss or plastic bottles of very light scented water you splash on yourself. before deodorant was popularized throughout the world, this was one of the main methods of removing unwanted scent from yourself throughout the day. it was how gentlemen and ladies refreshed, as products like florida water were gender neutral. in parts of asia and south america it's still common to use products like this. it might be worth looking into having something like this with you, assuming you don't want to just carry deodorant to reapply for whatever reason.there are also deodorant sprays like this, though i'm not sure what specific product this is a duplication of. anyway, if you're primarily worried about stains, aluminum-free. if it's sweat use aluminum. you CAN get the stains out but you can also just trial-and-error deodorants until you find one that works well for you. my go-to has been donna karan cashmere mist for 12 years.
>>34964977I see. Thanks for the information. I will look into that stuff.
>>349647211. You need an antiperspirant.2. Eat less carbs.
