to be fed up of being so damn sweaty?!

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Who are these people who don't sweat? Can wear tight grey cotton t shirts on a hot day and have no sweat patches?

I am at work using my hair to cover two big giant sweat patches. My colleague just noticed and it really embarrassed me. It's worse since I got pregnant. I'm SO sweaty. It's horrid, and embarrassing.

Anyone ANY tips? I've tried every deo under the sun...

I was going to recommend Mitchum but I presume you might have already tried that?

Failing that you could wear black cotton t-shirts to hide patches but conversely end up getting hotter

I tend to wear things with a pattern on to hide any marks!

I once ended up sticking panty liners in my armpits then having to clamp my elbows to my sides because of rustling noises

You could try a stronger underarm and wearing clothes that don’t show sweat patches as much. Loose fitting clothes are often better too

When you find the answer please share! I don't have the excuse I'm pregnant, only medication 😩 I hate finding nice new clothes then thinking yep that will be two massive sweet patches within an hour I will be sporting. I also swear from my head! Not my forehead, my scalp, so my hair ends up wringing wet. Any ideas anyone?????

Oh and I didn't find these wipes a many years ago from the USA. You wipe on, leave overnight, then shower and apply deodorant as normal in the morning. They were brilliant, however very expensive at the time. May have a Google now for them.......

Mitchum works for me, I used to get massive sweat patches but haven't had any for years. Also there is a lot of chatter on here about using soap over shower gel (haven't tried it) as being better.

Sorry nothing to add but watching with interest. Since getting overweight I find this a real problem. I wear black tshirts at work as uniform so not so much visible patch but the smell after a couple of hours is awful.

Sure Maximum Protection trisolid antiperspirant was a revelation for me. Far better than normal antiperspirant.

Yep, I have this problem. I've never found anything to prevent it and just have to choose my clothes carefully/wear a cardie.

Clothes that work for me are sleeveless cotton tops/dresses or very thin, loose short sleeved tops, possibly with a vest underneath for modesty. And black.

As a teenager, I used to wear two t shirts, but it didn't always work. Mitchum doesn't seem to make a difference. Will be watching with interest to see if anyone has a better solution.

I used to be like that. I only wore black or white and even my jacket could end up damp. I tried every normal antiperspirant including Mitchum and something vicious on prescription.

Ultimately I tried Perspirex which sorted out my underarms. After a short period of using that many years ago I have since just used a normal roll-on eg Sanex - including through pregnancy. I do still sweat ( as we all need to in this heat) but avoid those embarrassing underarm patches.

If anyone has any solutions for head sweating I'd love to hear them. My head over heats so easily and I very quickly start sweating. My whole face sweats and it makes my make up run and my scalp sweats and Ruins my hair as it gets so wet. It's really embarrassing!

Second Perspirex for underarms - it can be itchy but makes a difference. I remember pregnancy as just a long time of feeling damp. Many sympathies.

This might sound daft but does being even a stone overweight make you sweat more? Because I am and am really sweaty, will this be contributing?

Cotton isn't great for sweat as it's not particularly good for wicking away moisture from your skin, so any sweat you produce stays in the fabric until it has a chance to dry, which won't happen if it's warm and your continuously sweating.

Linen is good in this kind of weather, or loose-fitting cotton tops to allow you to breathe a bit more. I also go for sleeveless tops or ones in colours/patterns that don't show the sweat.

Try washing with soap under your arms, rather than shower gel. I was sceptical, but tried it and it really helped. I get Secret deodorant from the US as it has aluminium in it, which really helps, but appreciate that not everyone has my sources for that! I am horribly sweaty at the moment due to being hopelessly inept upon crutches and after an ill-advised trip to the local shop this morning, I was wringing wet. The lovely staff there refused to let me crutch myself home again, and one of them gave me a lift. (It was so sweet and kind of them and I was incredibly grateful). I don't know of any way to stop your scalp sweating. My hair was soaked.

I wear a strap top or vest top under my outfit as It absorbs the sweat. No good for underarm sweating but I i get a sweaty back and stomach and it really helps

You can have Botox in armpits for it.
I was going to say weight - that’s a biggie. As you are pregnant then you are probably carrying more.
When I was about a stone heavier I sweated more on hot days.

Driclor solution. It’s brilliant (and then sanex 48 during the day)

There's a few hefty anti perspirants out there, Dricclor is one, the other i can't recall the name of but they have aluminium in them - you need to put them on at night and wash off in the morning

Someone mentioned sage tablets before - I've never tried them though

It's crazy isn't it that such a natural thing as perspiration is deemed so revolting that we apply toxic chemicals to our skin to try and pretend that our body doesn't work properly. I'm a sweater, armpit patches, under boob patches [with no bra]. I used to worry about it and have held sanitary towels in place in my armpits and used the foul products that block the pores. Not any more, I rub some bicarb on my pits so no smell and don't care about any wetness.

I've had hyperhydrosis since my teens. It was so bad that I would sweat through my clothes and into the lining of coats and jackets.

After years of trying various high strength antiperspirants, none of which helped at all, I decided to try the botox route. Botox cut down on the sweating a bit, but not enough to make it not a problem any more, and was too expensive to repeat for such minimal results (£500 every six months for a less than 50% sweat reduction was too much for me). Same limited results with an iontophoresis machine, again very expensive.

Eight weeks ago, I discovered extra strength Perspirex in Boots. This stuff has changed my life. Completely dry armpits, and no more massive sweat patches and ruined clothes. Freedom at last! The only downside is the itching, but it's a price I'm willing to pay for dry pits.

An expensive solution to head sweating is to have Botox injections across the scalp

I have Botox for medical reasons and the doctor me it is now a ‘thing’

*told me!! Posted in a rush oops

Thanks everyone! Can't respond to everyone as am at work but will check in later on the train home to have a proper read!