DS, 24, struggling with sweaty armpits

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He works as a waiter in a busy restaurant, busy, hectic, fast paced. And travels on the tube 😏

He showers daily and washes his arm pits with soap and uses a good anti perspirant deodorant.

He gets really sweaty and sometimes smelly.
He has taken to wearing a t shirt under a shirt so that sweat marks don’t show but they obviously make him hotter.

Any suggestions? He can’t be the first person to be in this situation.

TIA

Alternate anti perspirants daily or weekly. Different brands and types. The body gets used to them!

https://www.boots.com/driclor-solution-roll-on-applicator-10050231?cmmmc=bmm-buk-google-ppccLIAsAs-----PMax:+UKSmarttShoppingLIAssToiletries&gadsource=1&gbraid=0AAAAADrIajXSalhMCLikT24x-19xOZVLX&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwae1BhCCARIsAK4JfryataoVLCqnZ6ZKEB4DJmAaDCU5ghMnwyyDVEJZnZb05ze1khJ1azIaAjjmEALwwcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

My son has started using this one which has made a difference.

https://www.boots.com/mitchum-advanced-roll-on-ice-fresh-100ml?cm_mmc=bmm-buk-google-ppc--PLAs_HeroCompare---_-PMax:+UK_Smart_Shopping_Toiletries&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwae1BhC_ARIsAK4JfrxRWjPCQtAcHBNIS0SgPzAVeqd5_UYfcRn1o8jzOqovZOqRcf5V6usaAh9MEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

He needs to use Driclor. Boots sell it. Perspirex is a very similar product.

This is the strongest available anti-perspiriant. It works differently to normal ones, in that you apply it at night to BONE DRY skin only. A hairdryer can help with this.

It really is the answer to excessive sweating. I only wish I had started using it 20 years before I did.

A few things he could try, the Driclor stuff but some people find they react to it so best try it when he isn't about to go out the house. Dh is fine with it, Ds reacts to it, as do I.

The Mitchum deodorant is often recommended on here and Ds (21) wears that, it has been the best deodorant for him.

The under t shirt thing should work but he needs the moisture wicking ones, we got them off Amazon. Both Dh and Ds wear these and they really help with that line of sweat down their backs and under arm sweat. Some people just sweat more than others both men and women.

Driclor is the answer here. If that doesn't work the only other thing would be botox but that is obviously expensive.
I used to sweat so much, I worked in a maternity hospital which everyone here knows are sweltering. I would take 3 changes of tunics per shift and wash and apply deoderant multiple times but still have soaking wet patches under the arms. It was so embarrassing but after I discovered driclor the issue was resolved after a week or so. The only problem is that I found the sweat has to get out of your body somehow which l learnt the hard way getting off a leather bus seat and leaving a huge arse patch to my shame !! 🤣🤣

Shaving his armpits will help the antiperspirant to work better.

I had this issue really badly in my teens and early twenties. Driclor
or Perspirex worked but it can feel funny when you put it on. For some reason I’ve largely “grown out of it” since I was 25 or so!

Perspirex and Driclor are highly effective treatments. Take care to ensure only on dry unbroken skin, and while it will likely sting at night, if he can tolerate it, it will stop the sweating completely.

I have discovered this recently and it's brilliant!

You can always spray on a deodorant the next day that smells nice if you want fragrance too but I don't usually.

Thank you so so much for all the replies. They are really helpful.

Funnerler, i’ve checked on Amazon and there are quite a few of those T-shirts; would you happen to have the link to the ones that your husband and son use?

You could try AKT. My family have found it invaluable: really effective, no smelly pits at all, and even my seemingly very delicate skin has not reacted.

My 18yo had this issue. He's a lifeguard.

Firstly, without talking to me about it his initial idea was to trim him armpit hair. He doesn't shave, but effectively 'number 4' cuts them with the dog clippers. It has helped.

Secondly,once he told me, I moved him from spray antiperspirant to roll-on Mitchin. Using roll-on in itself grlped, regardless of brand.

Finally, and this sounds weird, but I physically demonstrated how to use roll on. I showed him putting it on at least 10mins before getting dressed. Having arms up for as much of those 10 mins at possible to let it dry. Explained you need the cream to dry, soak in and not be rubbed off by clothing to work.

I would also recommend Mitchum roll on....

Driclor will help stop him being as sweaty. When he showers he needs to use soap not shower he’ll on his armpits, amazon sell dettol soap and the antibacterial quality will help. When he dries off his armpits after a shower he should rub in some hand sanitiser and then add a body powder before his antiperspirant, again Amazon sell a good one.

He might not be doing it right. Most people don't know that you're meant to put anti persperant on at night before bed. So it absorbs overnight.

Morning is no good. I started putting it on at night years ago and noticed a dramatic reduction in the amount I sweat

That's helpful!!

I did not know that!

I read about Trust deodorant recommended on here and very smelly DS and DH now swear by it. I order it from their website.
Driclor seems to be very harsh from what I've read.

My DD always had problems like this. Mitchem roll on deodorant has sorted it

I shower using bar soap then use Mitchum roll on and then give my pits a blast with the hairdryer on the cool setting so as it dries properly!

I used to work in bars and restaurants and would suggest that part of the cause might be that your DS isn't drinking enough while on shift? Easily done if he's working in a busy restaurant so he should try to up his water intake while working.

I've heard of people having Botox in their armpits to prevent excessive sweating! It's a bit more drastic/expensive than deodorant but could be a good solution

I don’t know if you can get it in the UK but Rexona cream deodorant was life changing for my very smelly son. He would shower three times a day and still stink after half an hour. It was as awful as obviously you don’t want to say “you stink” but obviously others would.