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Body Odour

  • 20-05-2014 6:35pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    Looking for some advice ladies...

    It's getting to that lovely time of year - heat, sunshine, walks, holidays...and body odour.

    Within ten minutes of showering in the morning, I start to perspire to the point of smelling. I've tried a multitude of approaches - strong deodorants, antiperspirants, medicated antiperspirants, anhydrol (which caused a very painful rash). Trust anti-odorant, which worked for a while.

    I thought I had found a winner in Pirtok Crystal spray which has worked for the past six months until about two weeks ago.

    The problem is at an embarrassing stage, where I 'm actually thinking about bringing a change of clothes and having a shower at work in the middle of the day. I want to wear a sign that says, I do actually wash!

    Has anyone found a solution that I could try? I'm dreading the thought of summer.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,154 ✭✭✭Dolbert


    I find Mitchum roll-on great, much better than any spray. Goes on straight after the shower. You may have tried it already though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 111 ✭✭Wooha


    Check whether it is actually you or your clothes that smell. Some of my tops started to smell sweaty and I thought it was me for ages.
    Soaking them in vinegar and baking soda can help with most clothes but not always.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Might want to ask a GP about that one. Smell in ten minutes sounds extreme, might be something medical that can be treated.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    pwurple wrote: »
    Might want to ask a GP about that one. Smell in ten minutes sounds extreme, might be something medical that can be treated.

    I was thinking the same, I can get sweaty in heat in an hour, but rarely smell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 427 ✭✭verywell


    It's also better to try wear cotton clothes near your skin. I would def visit the doc though.

    Hope you get sorted x


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    Thanks all, have had it checked out and been told "it's just one of those things" Very helpful!


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    neemish wrote: »
    Thanks all, have had it checked out and been told "it's just one of those things" Very helpful!

    Have you looked at your diet?


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,366 Mod ✭✭✭✭RacoonQueen


    +1 for mitchum roll on. I swear by it.


  • Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Brady Ashy Logging


    Diet, more thorough clothes washing because it might be them, mitchum


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭sullivlo


    A few things to try:
    - shaving under arm hair: this can cause smell to linger
    - put on deodorant at night
    - use Mitchum roll on as soon as you get up and leave it to dry before you put any clothes on
    - if you walk to work, wear a different top for the walk and change into fresh clothes when you get there
    - keep some deodorant in your desk in work
    - make sure it's not the clothes that smell: does it happen with brand new tshirts too?
    - failing these, ask for a second opinion on the sweating


    I hate this time of year too. I sweat and get v conscious of sweat patches. I don't smell though, but on warm days I do change my tshirt / top at lunch if I've been sweaty in the lab in the morning


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    Will definitely try the Mitchum. I've only tried the spray.

    My GP's response was because the excessive sweating is a medication side effect. So it's about managing it for now unfortunately.


  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    neemish wrote: »
    Will definitely try the Mitchum. I've only tried the spray.

    My GP's response was because the excessive sweating is a medication side effect. So it's about managing it for now unfortunately.

    Ah well at least you know the cause.

    I'd look into seeing what changes you can make to your diet to help reduce/minimise it, wearing natural fabrics next to your skin, and checking out anti perspirants in health stores


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭bscm


    The smell is normally caused by bacteria (I swear the little buggers build up resistances to most deodorants aside from Mitchum roll on), change any loofas/exfoilating gloves if you use them. I think there are natural products which can help get rid of the bacteria, or else I'm sure a GP could recommend something if over the counter products don't work out.


  • Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    You can get botox injections in your pits, it stops all underarm sweating for about six months at a time. The perspiration just redistributes itself out your other sweat glands.

    If you get it regularly, you can go longer between jabs. I know someone with hyper sweating, she gets it done and it's changed her life.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    neemish wrote: »
    Thanks all, have had it checked out and been told "it's just one of those things" Very helpful!
    Please tell me you didn't get charged €50 for that!

    I have excess sweating, even in winter. I use Driclor and it works a treat. It is one of those products that literally changed my life. I used to be really embarrassed because I would come out of a shower sweating but after a couple of weeks using it, I don't sweat at all. Just make sure that you never put it on if you're just after shaving. It's burns like the fires of hell if you do.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 94 ✭✭lajoie


    Hey OP,

    I also found Mitchum great! My only complaint was that it does smell quite strongly (albeit nicely) so it can smell on your clothes a bit, but otherwise it works a treat.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,230 ✭✭✭Merkin


    I second the Botox injections, it is known to work wonders and if you are going to be on the medication in the medium to long term then it is definitely something worth exploring.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    Thanks all.

    Driclor was one of the products that caused an awful rash.


    I smelled some of my clothes after I washed them last night, and yes, the armpits did still smell. Couldn't believe it! So will be doing a bit of extra soaking and washing at the weekend.

    I'm trying several approaches - using TRUST again, which you use at night. Then an antibacterial wash with my shower in the morn, followed by mitchum. Today is only the second day, but so far so good. A little smelly by home time, but I think alot of people are like that.

    My meds are changing in mid-June. Will give it til mid July, but if the sweating hasn't settled by then will look into the botox.

    I think the worst part is the worry that other people can smell it! Which is probably making the problem worse if I'm worried and anxious and therefore sweating more. But I really don't want to be THAT person who everyone in the office knows has a BO problem


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,772 ✭✭✭✭fits


    I find certain cotton fabrics can get quite smelly. Steer clear of synthetic altogether.

    Very fine wool fabrics close to the skin are actually very un-smelly and comfortable. Might be something to try?. I have a few wool blend tops that are great. Watch what's happening with the bras too...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,591 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Don't wear a light or dark blue shirt :pac:

    White is safe


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭Ambersky


    Im wondering if the smell of the meds themselves are coming out through your skin something similar to the way meds can make your urine smell different.
    That might be a tricky one all right and I guess applying something that masks the smell might be necessary.
    If its just the smell of sweat, fresh sweat shouldnt smell.
    Antiperspirants have an advantage that they stop the sweating in the area applied as well as masking the smell of sweat that has been there for a while but I found that I didnt like the smell that they left on my clothes. I think they can exaggerate the problem.

    If you can get your head around the idea that it is ok to sweat and maybe have a freshen up with a quick shower or a cloth or wipe the results of using a solid rock deodorant can be surprisingly good. I now use a solid version of the crystal rok mentioned in the Op. The solid version is stronger than the spray and lasts a very very long time. It just feels different to be rubbing a rock all over your body when we are use to spraying on chemicals.
    crystal.jpg
    The salts in the rock stop the bacteria in sweat from going sour and smelling and you can wet the rock and rub it over quite a large area. Remember you will sweat it wont block the sweat but what it does is stop the smell. Because the rock isnt perfumed and doesnt have strong chemicals it can seem like it wont be strong enough to work but it does. In the past I found that the lingering smell of any antiperspirant on my clothes was causing more of a problem than it was helping.
    I hope that might help in your situation Op.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 Kerrygirl1972


    About six months ago I started going to the beautician for armpit waxing. Prior to this I used to sweat like crazy, and was always too nervous to wear anything other than black or white tops because otherwise the sweat patches looked so awful. Since I've switched from shaving to waxing, the difference in the amount that I sweat is extraordinary. I hardly sweat at all now, it just feels like a more "normal" amount, if that makes any sense. Recently, I couldn't get in to see her and so had to shave, and I was straight back to excessive sweating again. I mentioned it to the beautician and she said she'd never heard anyone else mention it making such a difference, but maybe it could be worth a try? Hope you get sorted OP x


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,030 ✭✭✭neemish


    @ambersky Thanks a million will pick some up over the weekend. The mitchum is working, but just kindof. I'm starting to get smelly at this stage of the day.

    @kerrygirl1972 Hate, hate, hate waxing but might give it a try. EEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 Kerrygirl1972


    neemish wrote: »
    @kerrygirl1972 Hate, hate, hate waxing but might give it a try. EEEEEEEEKKKKKKK!

    I avoided waxing for years and years after a particularly nasty experience... then was persuaded to try it again by a friend of mine. There's a type of wax called Lycon wax, most beauticians use it now. It adheres to the hair rather than the skin so is waaaaaaaay less painful! It has changed my life, honestly. Underarm or bikini wax is no bother. It's not pain free, but it's nothing like it was in the old days :-) I am so thrilled that I took the plunge and tried it :-) Check online for recommendations in your area, honestly would be worth a shot :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,299 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    Kerrygirl, I think you may just be lucky there. I love Lycon wax though, it's the best.
    My friends daughter suffers from sweaty hands and she is currently having acupuncture done which is helping, it might be an option OP.
    Soft and Gentle is my deodorant of choice.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,225 ✭✭✭fillefatale


    I also sweat profusely, its very embarrassing - summer or winter, I get sweat patches under my arms. I wear t-shirts under blouse to work to soak up the sweat. I've used mitchum as well as deodrants that you leave on over night to block your pores, but this only worked for a couple of months before I broke out in an underarm rash.

    To prevent my clothes smelling I add a cup of vinegar to the clothes wash, as well as the laundry detergent. I drink lots of water throughout the day.

    If I'm going to an event or something I wear sweat shields on my clothes - I buy mine from eBay (for example).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,927 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps


    ANHYDROL FORTE ROLL ON
    This stuff works 100%. It may cause a rash to begin with as your skin has a period of adjusting. The trick is to gently dab it on, you do not use it like a regular roll on. I’ll gently dab it on twice, barely touching the skin, I never roll it all over.

    Use it at night and wash off in the morning. I only use this product every 2 -3 days. People seems to use these products incorrectly, therefore causing rashes etc. A bottle will last me a year. I never sweat.


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