A deodorant that works please

[coventgarden]

I get wet under my arms when I am very busy or very stressed which is most of the time. I am fed up of feeling wet and my clothes being wet. Help me please.

I have to go out in a minute so not ignoring you if you post :0.

After many years I finally realised that I suffer from hyperhidrosis - wet and soggy armpits the whole time, worse when stressy.

Couldn't wear the clothes I wanted to - great big dark patches under the arms.

Only thing that works for me is Driclor, has changed my life (seriously) but approach with caution - the instructions on the back are a bit gung ho and you can feel really 'prickly' where you've put it on (don't shave for a couple of days before application)

1 application a week in the summer before you go to bed, wash off in the morning and 1 every 10/14 days in the winter is fine for me.

Hope it helps!

I now usually don't bother with any other deo.

Oh forgot to say - it is with all the other deo. but in a little white bottle and is a roll on...

Looks like this

Thanks for that TMIS.

Yes that stuff works really well.
I stopped using it when I was pregnant and was wary of everything.
Still think Mitchum is the best of the rest

Another vote for Mitchum, if you don't want something on 24/7. Although Driclor sounds fascinating and I'm going to seek it out!

Its not for those who don't believe in aluminium chloride - but I rather feel that those who sniff at AlCl don't have sweaty patches ruining their lives....

Oh and I didn't use it when pregnant or BF - but that might just be me being a bit paranoid...!!

I am unsure about the aluminium/breast cancer link but it is a concern as it is in my family.

I use Mitchum and find it really good. Sure/Dove etc are all crap.

They are. I haven't had a lot of success with Mitchum though.

Which one do you use? I use the roll on and find it loads better than the block one that you twist up or the spray.

I was prepared to take the risk I have to confess, and as I sit here in a tight fitting green t-shirt that I could never have worn before, I would never give it back now!

I have 3 on the go, one spray, one roll on which is nivea and another roll on, not sure of the name. I don't like the spray because of the breathing it in. I prefer sticks as they seem to dry quickly whereas the roll ons seem to take ages to dry.

I use This

Good value, and it works for me.

Thank you, I am going to try everything recommended.

Mitchum

The Mitchum spray is quick and convenient but not as good as the roll on.
I don't seem to have the time or patience to let it dry.
I kept knocking the wibbly gel stick thing off.

I use the roll on.

Mitchum Powder Fresh spray- much better than Rightguard, sure and a useless Labaoratoires garnier one I tried recently- may as well have not bothered.

I use mitchum roll on, have a spray but doesn't seem as effective as the roll on.

I nearly had an operation over 20 years ago to solve the same problem. I too used Mitchum, but had got so uptight about the problem, that I started to worry that it wouldn't work and so used it every day. My bf at the time asked me why I didn't just relax!!

Now I use one of those sticks that you pass under the tap, and have managed to accept that under stress everyone repeat everyone gets sweaty/sweatier than usual.

Have you thought of trying rescue remedy - either the spray, or the pastilles?

The other tip from memory - if you know a day if going to be super stressful - avoid tops that show damp patches. I can remember being damp to my elbows in a dark brown silk blouse after a work appraisal, which was torture.

try the mens nivea roll on, comes in a blue glass bottle. works brilliantly, no smell so ideal to use with perfume or body spray.
i think generally mens deodrants are stronger so last better and work more effectivley. without this i am a right old sweaty betty

Good idea MaineGirl, thank you.

Thanks to everyone else too.

Dove anti-perspirant roll-on.

I use driclor too. Mitchum doesn't touch it for me. By the time I get to work I have damp patches and at 45 I finally decided I need to get out of wearing black tops.

The other thing is (with regards to aluminium) is that I use driclor once a week - maybe I'm getting less chemicals than someone using a weaker antiperspirant everyday (or even twice a day). Who knows?

Mitchum - only £1.50 in Asda