To think that there is no deodorant that can cope with my issues.

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I use mitchum stick first followed by the Mitchum spray.
This just about copes with me, but not brilliantly. Mitchum is probably the best that I’ve ever come across.
Every single other deodorant and antiperspirant I have ever tried is utterly useless and will fail within the first hour.
Even those that are supposed to work for a week don’t work for more than a few hours.

I’m rapidly approaching peri menopause and I just know that it is going to become 100times worse than it is now.

What the hell can I do?

I go through phases of being really stinky, I expect it’s hormonal. I found drinking sage tea helps, I know it sounds weird and I am a scientist and don’t believe in anything remotely woo, but it does seem to work.

I'm exactly the same as you. I gave botox under my arms it's truly the most amazingly life changer if youre a super sweater.
@Idontbelieveit12 you should gave had your second lot of botox "topped up", sometimes the optimum dose isnt correctly distributed etc and you should get free top ups to ensure it works correctly.
Nowadays the new style needles?are so fine its painless. I'd at least look into this as an option. A deodorant will last you all year afterwards!

I came on to also recommend Driclor. Its a game-changer.

I know it sounds a bit woo and not understanding, but I genuinely recommend trying a natural deodorant. I've used Warrior and Ben and Anna. Before this I struggled for years - never owned any solid colour tops (patterns minimise sweat stains), tried every anti persperant going, spent my nights using driclor (stings like hell, have to carefully time when you shave your arms versus when you apply it and then wash off). And I sweat so, so, so much less having switched to natural. Using bar soap to wash as well is another factor (I switched both at the same time).

For those who suffer with burning skin with Driclor, try switching to Odaban. It makes my skin a bit itchy, but is nothing compared to the pain that Driclor used to cause me.

I make sure I never put it on freshly shaved pits, always dry the skin thoroughly before I apply it, apply it by spraying it on to a cotton wool pad and dabbing it on, and then dust with talc afterwards to absorb any moisture.

It's honestly changed my life, I used to sweat and smell horribly.

@GlamGiraffe I had it done on the NHS a good few years ago. Not sure they’d do it now as the doctor who agreed to do it has retired, and he only did it because he had a special interest in it!

I use Cidal soap now and Sure Blue. The soap has made a huge difference.

For the smell, have you tried regularly dabbing tea tree oil on? It will kill bacteria and reduce the smell (though it has its own strong smell, of course!).

Try Driclor. It's a bit odd and can be itchy at first, but use once a day at night and it will be worth it.

Sorry that you are struggling at the moment. Definitely try driclor. I am a v sweaty individual and I discovered driclor in my late teens - total game changer. Since then I’ve been able to step down to a solid dove / sure, though I’m not sure if that’s because the driclor reset things for me or if I moved on from being a super hormonal teenager.
Anyway, I got pregnant end of 2018, had baby mid 2019 and have been bf since. I haven’t felt comfortable using such a ‘strong’ deodorant this whole time, especially as it’s so close to the breast tissue.
But with the baby eating so much human food and cutting down on bf, plus the heatwave, I’ve returned to my beloved solid deodorants. BLISS.
Being able to pick an outfit without worrying about massive pit stains is just 👌

Mitchum did nothing for me. Driclor, on the other had, worked marvels - I used it maybe every couple of weeks (and boy, did it sting when I first used it!) then once an month, then occasionally and now I haven’t had to use it for years. And I used to have a terrible problem with underarm sweating; I couldn’t ever wear a coloured top. Now I can wear whatever colour I like 🙂

Against the smell: using hand sanitiser after showering apparently helps.

Against the sweat: botox injections apparently help.

@crosser62 I’m the same as you - as a teenager I couldn’t even try on tops in shops because of the problem.
I second all those saying Driclor, but for god’s sake don’t put it on after you’ve shaved your arm pits.
And also - this Works so much better for me than any of the other deodorants out there. It’s expensive - £10 a go, but it’s so good. I use the rose flavour one (and find that the sensitive version doesn’t work as well) - it’s got some kind of crystals in that make you dry in a way the intense Sure or Mitchum ones don’t.

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Have you heard of hyperhidrosis? Could be that. Driclor is good.

After trial and error I take a different approach that works for me:

• Twice weekly heavy saunas at the gym (pre-covid)
• Clean-ish eating - lots of fruit and veg so far as possible
• little meat
• drinking lots of water to flush

I’m another fan of Odaban.
The name suggests odour but my husband uses it for excessive perspiration.
It used to be prescription only but is now over the counter.
I would also suggest shaving your armpits.

Ok thanks.
A few things to try there.
I’ve suffered for years and years with this.
I end up throwing away nice tops because of the stains and inability to get rid of the smell and bras just get ruined.

If I’m nervous it’s even worse, I’m hot all the time due to impending menopause and wearing full ppe at work is utter utter torture (I’m a nurse on front line)
I change my scrub top up to 3 times a shift, shower twice a shift but that eats into my break so I often sacrifice eating and drinking for a shower.

I’m miserable.

Oh @crosser62 I really think you’ll feel a lot better once you’ve found the right combination. Driclor is about £6 from the supermarket, potentially meaning you could have a life changing moment by tomorrow morning?

Go to a chemist and ask for anhydrol forte. It’s incredible! Put it on at night with an old T-shirt on, it stains, then wash as normal in the morning. Life changing!

The dove maximum protection one is amazing

Dove maximum worked for less than an hour, I was stinking and drenched, but thank you x

Perspirex has worked better for me than Odaban or Driclor. Works in the same way but I found it more effective, so it's another one to try perhaps.

Yes to bar soap and driclor or purax.

This one works best for me, sounds very similar to how the driclor one works.

crosser62 I used to have the same problem, until I started using my husbands roll on deodorant, sure for men, give it a go you’ll be amazed and a lot cheaper than women’s products.