I have underarm sweating problems, but when i use strong antiperspirants my pits smell, what should i do?
I have used certain dri, which is unscented and what the doctor told me to try. It keeps me dry, and is the only over the counter product that does, but my pits smell terrible using it. It is prescription strength antiperspirant, which is suppose to help with smell as well, but it does the opposite. Any ideas why, or how to fix this?
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Filed under: Sweating Problems
Hyperhidrosis (over sweating) is something that just a normal deodorant would have a hard time handling.
Here’s some of the stuff I do to prevent sweating:
1. Drysol is aluminum chloride hexahydrate and when applied to the underarms acts to block the sweat glands and plug the pores. It is a prescription medication and should only be utilized with a doctor’s guidance.
2. Try wearing a plain, white, 100% cotton t-shirt beneath your normal shirts. This will be your first line of defense against sweat puddles forming on your outer shirt. Also, the white t-shirts are easy to bleach/oxy-clean the stains away.
3. Remember that if it happens to be your feet that are sweating excessively, try taking one more pair of shoes and socks with you in the morning. Change both about halfway through your day. While it won’t eliminate the sweating it will keep your feet dry.
4. Make sure you bathe regularly. This will help to minimize the impacts of over-sweating. By showering as needed you can eliminate as much of the bacteria that causes body odor. If you do sweat while you’re clean you won’t smell as much as sweating when you’re dirty.
a. Try anti-bacterial soaps to neutralize additional bacteria while you shower.
5. Maintain less body hair. You may find with decreasing your body hair you can control body odors connected with over-sweating. Hair traps a lot of the bacteria and oils that cause odor when combined with perspiration.
6. Drink plenty of water. It both dilutes the concentration of your bodily effluents and it cleanses the whole system.
7. Check the weather forecast each day and put on clothing appropriately.
8.Invest in a small fan to keep in your working area. You may sweat less because it is cooler and the air circulation will help perspiration to evaporate faster.
9. Watch your weight. Heavier people have a difficult time cooling themselves and may perspire more. Try getting to a healthy weight and your perspiration issues may solve themselves.
For an article that gives some background for the causes and treatments of excessive sweating press on the link below:
http://www.squidoo.com/stopsweatingmylife
Take care!
Mitchum makes a combination unscented antiperspirant/deodorant that can be bought OTC. Please give that a try before you give up.
Also, these days, shaving armpit hair is an option. It will cut down on the retained odor, but will itch like the devil growing out. Only you can tell which option is the worse one.
try somthing like axe or old spice. they help me out.
Antiperspirant is supposed to keep you dry. Deodorant is for odor.
If you shave or closely clip the underarm hair & apply your antiperspirant INTO THE SKIN, it will work better. If you apply it ON TOP of the armpit hair, it does not reach the skin to do the job it is designed to do. Over a period of time, no matter how often or how hard you scrub, your underarm hair will have a foul sour odor. Getting rid of it eliminates the bad smell.