Regarding antiperspirants..

ewie. :P

They warn because if you were to seal all of your pores you would suffocate your body and die. You cant cover every ounce of yourself with deodorant or anything else for that matter- I mean when they do that crazy body paint art the have to leave large patches open or the body would suffocate. Interesting stuff. ;)
 
Agree with Viva. The body sweats as a way of cooling itself if you were to block your sweat glands then the body can't properly cools itself and the possibility for a heat stroke comes into play. Otherwise if you were to use it on other parts besides underarms then I don't see a problem, just don't take a bath in it :)
 
BTW- as an aside- did you know that most anti-perspirant's work best if you apply them BEFORE going to bed instead of first thing in the morning.
 
Wycco said:
BTW- as an aside- did you know that most anti-perspirant's work best if you apply them BEFORE going to bed instead of first thing in the morning.
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that is what i do! i actually apply at night and in the morning after the shower. it allows time to 'seep into your skin better before you start sweating'

and long story short, yes, antiperspirant will work and help you a bit with your back (good luck applying it as your arms don't really bend in the correct direction to do this). i occasionally do the center of my chest on very warm days. watch out for deodorant marks on your shirt, you might want to get the clear stuff.

use baby powder in the under wear areas

-chris
 
Icky, slimy people....

:rofl:

I have to say that I have used antiperspirant in a certain part of my anatomy, there happens to be two of them, right out front, and they are pretty well endowed - Having to wear a "sling-shot" in that area on hot summer days can be quite the sticky situation. A quick line of smelly goods, and I stay as fresh as a spring breeze :evil_lol:

Kristina
 
I think the whole reason why the armpits are usually targeted is 1) they sweat more, 2) for some reason, maybe because it stays damp and can't dry off- the bacteria that produce the smell thrive there more.

Applying antiperspirent most other places else would only serve an aesthetic purpose.

For anyone that DOES use antiperspirents but still sweat anyway- try "Certain Dry" (CVS sells a generic that works too).

That stuff is the only stuff that works for me. Until my mid-twenties I tried EVERY brand I could find- and nothing worked. 10 minutes after my shower each morning I'd be sweating (just under my armpits) like crazy.



It all worked to control odor- but not the sweating. Even if you don't stink- having huge sweaty armpit stains is embarassing.


When I first started using Certain Dry I had to apply it twice a week to get it to work- first few months you use it it stings like crazy the next day and is really quite unpleasant.

If you can live through that- after about 3 months you start to need it less and less and it no longer stings the day after using it.

I only apply it about once every other week now- and just use regular deoderant on other days.

Why does it sting- the active ingredient reacts with water to make an acid- this "disables" the sweat gland- the more functioning sweat glands you have the more it stings... once they're disabled it no longer stings.

You may wonder why anyone would subject themselves to the stinging- but if youe have hyper-active sweat glands on your armpits and ever shirt you wear is ruined after one use with stained armpits because your sweat combines with the antiperspirant that is meant to prevent sweating to form a staining agent- you'd realise it's worth a few months of pain twice a week to no longer have them.




Anyhow- that's my public service announcement for the day. Certain Dry really did change my life.
 
Interesting fact: Read meat makes your BO stenchier- hence why vegetarians smell so nice. :D
 
Do they... I don't think I've ever sniffed a vegetarian before.

Next time I meet one I'll ask her if I can sniff her. That wouldn't count as sexual harrassment would it?
 
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