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Smelly under boobs

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Puttheneedleontherackets · 29/09/2024 20:53

Sorry if this is a bit 😬
I shower daily but am noticing just under my bra, it gets a bit sweaty/smelly, anyone else have this?
I have big boobs and am in peri most likely (46) could it be this?

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Hunglikeapolevaulter · 30/09/2024 14:30

I normally don't have that issue but was somewhere both very hot and humid over summer and god it was reeking. Back to the cold now and back to no smell.

SecondFirst · 30/09/2024 14:26

I wear my bra once before washing it on 40c. It air dries in 12 hours or so, so having 3 good bras in rotation is enough as I have at least one wash on every day.
Wash your skin with Hibiscrub or at least soup bar, cut down or out on onion, garlic and spices. You can put tissues or pantyliner pads under your breasts inside the bra, body powder helps but I know not everyone likes to use talcum or corn powder.
If things don't improve after all this or there is a rash it might be fungal and your pharmacist can help, usually Daktarin or similar.

KimberleyClark · 30/09/2024 14:23

Yes I noticed my sweat smelt a bit different- and a bit odd, not like normal BO - when I was peri.

Mjmum10 · 30/09/2024 14:18

I change my bra everyday because I have oily skin (my bust is just average size). I know it sounds excessive but it makes me feel a lot cleaner. I moisturise that area every other shower with vanilla aveeno lotion and spray a nice body spray then perfume before I leave the house. I don't use anything too expensive. I know there was a company that made a product for this though, I'll add it to the thread if I can find it

Maray1967 · 30/09/2024 13:55

Wearing a bra for a week without washing is too long, I think. Even in the 70s my DM washed hers after 3 days.

I do 2 or 3 days for much of the year. In very hot weather I change mine daily.

YesItsMe44 · 30/09/2024 13:43

I started using Lume deodorant. I also use Monistat anti-chaffing gel and both are effective. Both can be used for any skin fold areas (Mother's apron and thigh/vaginal) with success. They have a new formula that helps with sweat control. Where I live summers are in the 80s+ and this last year I was not constantly worrying about BO.

WinterAconite · 30/09/2024 13:34

I wash the area with soap daily and dry it so don't have that.

CharlotteStreetW1 · 30/09/2024 13:18

Also make sure you dry very thoroughly after a bath or shower (sometimes I use baby powder).

BettyBardMacDonald · 29/09/2024 22:52

espressomartinii · 29/09/2024 22:32

@BettyBardMacDonald what is the spray you use please? I'm a HH and recently discovered Elomi. All my bras are now the Matilda too. The shape and extra lift it's given me has changed my life (Which sounds a bit daft I know).

Hi @espressomartinii fellow HH here!!

tbh i do not recall the name and am not home now. It wasn't Woolite but I am sure Woolite would work; I just put some of the concentrate in an empty spray bottle, add warm water and spray the bras till they are soaked through. Keep the spray bottle handy in the bathroom.

They sit whilst I am preparing to shower, then easy enough to rinse out during the shower. As you know they dry fast even indoors; outdoors it wouldn't take half an hour.

I agree Matilda has changed my life. Even the fitter exclaimed "It gives you a waist!" Plus the bras are attractive and feminine rather than looking like industrial-strength body armour. Definitely will be part of my budget from now on. I am 60 and have become thick around the middle so the uplift and shaping is a godsend. :)

espressomartinii · 29/09/2024 22:32

@BettyBardMacDonald what is the spray you use please? I'm a HH and recently discovered Elomi. All my bras are now the Matilda too. The shape and extra lift it's given me has changed my life (Which sounds a bit daft I know).

BettyBardMacDonald · 29/09/2024 22:17

ChitterChatter1987 · 29/09/2024 22:12

Goodness, how many bras do you have?!
I could never afford to do this....

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They dry overnight. I wash mine after each wearing and I only have four.

Mill3nnial · 29/09/2024 22:13

If you're swearing or smelling there of course you should wash your bra more often than weekly

ChitterChatter1987 · 29/09/2024 22:12

RickyGervaislovesdogs · 29/09/2024 21:43

I wash mine after each wear, I don’t think once a week is enough especially if you are sweating. I’d wash them all on a very long, very hot wash and shower or wash your body daily.

Goodness, how many bras do you have?!
I could never afford to do this....

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Puttheneedleontherackets · 29/09/2024 22:12

I didn’t think it was that gross as they never smell and I shower every day, seems things are changing

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BettyBardMacDonald · 29/09/2024 22:10

That is a good point about soap. Proper soap. Chemical shower gels and body washes and the like (aside from being a depressing source of plastic containers) just don't do the job. Use actual soap.

ButtSurgery · 29/09/2024 22:08

I'm the same. Proper soap is the only thing that's working, and I've doubled my bra collection so they can be washed every 2 days now. I only wear 100% cotton tops which helps too.

I've also tried using anti fungal washes, but they didn't do as much as a bar of soap has been.

For antiperspirant, I'm using the bar type Mitcham. The cream ones now smell horrific on me, and I've used them for years!!

stayathomer · 29/09/2024 22:07

Summer I wash them daily winter 2/3 times a week but actually this year have noticed am sweating more under the boobs too (am 44 size 38a)

Yelloworangetomato · 29/09/2024 22:07

Sudocreme

BettyBardMacDonald · 29/09/2024 22:06

outforawalkbiatch · 29/09/2024 22:00

@BettyBardMacDonald I love that bra, I must have 10 colours!
JD williams often has good sales/discount codes so I usually buy from there and pay about £25-30 per bra

Wow, that is a great price; I'll look into that, thanks! Been yearning for a few more colours! thank you.

shizukana · 29/09/2024 22:05

A product with tea tree oil works a treat.

worcesterpear · 29/09/2024 22:04

I had this before and I agree it could be a fungal infection. What I did was use antibaceterial wipes, then a medicated talc. Wear no bra whenever possible and once it has healed, wash your bra regularly.

TossedSaladandSE · 29/09/2024 22:02

Tell your GP

They'll give you a fungicide powder or cream to apply

DeliciousApples · 29/09/2024 22:01

I'd be wary of using talcum powder due to the mixed advice on whether or not it increases cancer risks.

outforawalkbiatch · 29/09/2024 22:00

@BettyBardMacDonald I love that bra, I must have 10 colours!
JD williams often has good sales/discount codes so I usually buy from there and pay about £25-30 per bra