Anti-persperant deodorant??

[kiwianachick]

I have recently switched to Dove anti-persperant (sp?) deodorant and, although it works fabulously, cannot stop feeling guilty. I sweat horrendously and nothing works. Although I'm all for natural alternatives, I've found that nothing is strong enough. I've tried crystals, bs, aluminium-free roll-ons and tea-tree oil but nothing seems to work. Is there any help for me or do I have to live with the guilt of what I'm doing to my body?

[Toolip]

I'm right there with you. I've tried it all. I too, use dove. I HATE scented.

I too, feel bad about it.

There have been other threads like this, no one has come up with a good alternative that WORKS.

The one thing that I sometimes do that kind of works is rubbing alcohol and baking soda. Swab down my pits with alcohol then use a brush to apply baking soda. I do this for a while then burn out and go back to Dove.


Subbing anyway... just in case

[LalaithYamainu]

Also a Dove lover. NOTHING natural works for me.

I've resigned myself to the fact that sometimes, natural ISN'T the best.

[starshine1001]

I used to be like that...then I got a lump under my arm and in my breast that scared me to death. Turned out it was nothing. But even so, I made the switch to natural, although it seemed for a while that nothing worked. My body had to go thru a sort of detox/defunk time, where it was adjusting to the lack of chemicals. I haven't used commercial deodorant for about 4 years now. I found that the best combination for me was a spritz of alcohol under each arm, followed by Oyin's Funk Butter. It works GREAT! It was a long process of detox/defunk and trial and error before I figured it out, though. Good luck on your quest!

[ericaz]

I'm kind of the opposite. Have been using natural deodorant for years and just dealing with sweat/funk. I've switched around with the naturals, too, never using one product for more than a year or so.

This time it's different. I'm 4.5 months pp and I smell horrid. And I have a gazillion hot flashes a day where I sweat bullets. I'm used to being sweaty (sweat in my pits even in winter time) but this is ridiculous.

I've tried some of the ideas on these boards and had high hopes for just using alcohol but it totally did not work.

I can deal with the sweating, it's the smell that is getting to me. It's a mixture of curry and sauerkraut. Oddly, I haven't eaten either in months, lol.

I SO don't want to go back to conventional but I don't know what else to do. It's so bad that I'm embarrassed to hug people!

[amcal]

Whatever you try, make sure to give it a few weeks, there is definnitely an adjustment/detox period.

I am an alcohol user and it works great for me but, I do get sweaty.

Recently, I've tried using the rock crystal and while it seems to really help with the sweaty issue, it irritates my skin.

So, the past couple days, I've been putting the rock on, letting it dry and then when I'm putting coconut oil on as my lotion, I rub a little bit into my pits and it has completely eliminated the irritation from the rock crystal and, it's keeping me completely stink free and much, much drier than just the alcohol alone. And, I'm in Phoenix and it's been super hot and humid here. I think I've found my favorite combo.