Deodorant - how do you use yours?!

[ClearlyMoo]

I've just realised that I might be applying deodorant in an odd way - I've been doing this for over two decades and I'm wondering if it's actually counter productive!

You're probably all wondering what I'm on about!

So I use ROLL ON and AEROSOL deodorant. Belt and braces is what I've always thought.

This started as a young teen paranoid about "BO"!

I put the roll on on, and then before it's dry spray aerosol deodorant in the same place!

Do you think the aerosol is doing anything?

I know it sounds REALLY odd and I feel like a right plonker now I've thought about it..

What should I do?!

Is one of aerosol or roll on more efficient

Have I been spending double the money I needed to all these years?!

I wonder if when I started doing it I used the "stick" type of roll on which doesn't need to dry or flapped my arms around a bit to let roll on dry.

My DH is very anti aerosols so I suppose really I should just use roll on if it were to be one or the other.. He doesn't like me "polluting the air" with sprays.

Since having DD I also now use a strong 24hr cream anti perspirant at night before going to bed but still use my "normal" deos in the morning. So actually that's three different types.

Really interested to know what everyone else does.

sits back and waits for MN to inform (and hopefully not flame!)!

How do you know that rubbing Ammonium Allums on your pits doesn't cause cancer and Alzheimer's Millie? We didn't evolve to rub random chemical into our pits whether those come in rock or cream format - any of them might possibly have terrible unexpected side effects like tobacco or salami, but in the absence of actual evidence you could say that of absolutely anything.

Actually small amounts of toxic metals like mercury are excreted through sweat.

Pinfrocks please don't Milllie love me. How patronising! Blood, Sweat and Urine are three major vehicles for moving potentially harmful toxins out of the body (tears do clear out toxins, though just a small amount).
Evil I never said other things don't potentially cause cancer I was commenting on a post where it was said that using deodorant/antiperspirant will not cause it. I agree that we cannot be definite one way or the other about anything we ingest or put on or near our bodies.

And Pinfrocks please don't tell me to do some reading on basic biology. You know absolutely nothing about me or what I know or do not know so don't presume anything. Thankyou.

I use the stick type deodorants, the ones that look like soap. I don't like sprays, they stink the house out and go crumbly in my armpits and I hate the sticky, wet feeling of the ball type roll ons .

I shower every morning, shave my armpits whilst I'm in there. Then I apply a couple of strokes of the stick deo to each 'pit and get dressed. Nothing more complicated than that.

Sorry, I'll change what I said:

There's currently no evidence that deodorants or anti perspirants cause cancer or Alzheimer's disease. There's also no evidence that any alternatives are "better" (or even safe).

If such evidence is compiled, reviewed and published I'll reassess my view. It'll be tricky, because the brain doesn't like changing its beliefs even in the face of real evidence, and instead will try increasingly outlandish explanations to defend the long-standing original misconception (see: creationism), but I'll manage.

Millie Goodness- you don't like anyone correcting you, do you? I don't know anything about your personal life but your posts tell everyone quite a bit. If you think that toxins escape via sweat that is not correct and anti perspirants block toxins escaping then that's wrong.

Crikey! A simple question about deodorant has turned into chaos!

Pinfrocks its not about whats correct or not, you were very rude and condescending in your post to me. It felt like a personal attack rather than any constructive feedback. Not sure what you mean by my * posts tell everyone quite a bit". Seems like you are being rude about what I post again. Feels slightly bullying to be honest. Not the first time you have done this to me either.

The thing about science Millie is that it's true whether you believe it or not.

Anti-perspirants don't block pores but if I was launching a new one and said 'doesn't block pores' on the label, my product would look much more sensitive than the others even though NONE of them block pores and so it hadn't occured to their manufacturers to say so. It's just a marketing gimmick.

Well I apologise MIllie if that is how it came over. However, if you are on a public forum and state things that are categorically untrue then you can't be too surprised if someone comes along and says something to the contrary. If my post seemed personal then it wasn't meant to be a personal attack but you do seem to like arguing the toss about things in quite a confrontational way yourself, rather than accepting that at times you may be mistaken.

Wow .... Seems a girl pops out for harvest festival and comes back and there's tears and tantrums on the thread.

Please can everyone play nicely.

I wasn't too bothered / worried about the washing side of things (I use a bar of soap - old school) or about toxins -maybe I should be!

Very interesting to hear from "non deodorant users" and about alternatives to the usual shop-bought deodorants.

I showered this am and used my sure 48hr cream only... Seems to be doing the job so far!

Hope you don't mind me butting in ...

Was going to post a reminder of our peace'n'love ethos. But pinkfrocks already beat me to it, pouring balmy deodorant on troubled waters or whatever the expression is.

You aren't incorrect Millie. Small amounts of toxins do escape through sweat.
Pinkfrocks why don't you just stop calling people 'love' in such a misogynistic, condescending way? You've been told multiple times it's offensive.

Ellenmumsnet to you mean clearlymoo not pinkfrocks?

Odaban is awesome. *gets back to post subject & runs away

Ihave tried a lot of different ones and weirdly the o e thay dries quickest, is cheap and smells lovely is the M&S rose one.

What some people have said on the thread is not untrue just because you believe it is Pinfrocks. Alot of folk on here have views different to your own.It would seem that you are very narrow minded and unbending in yours. Not much of an apology either for your tone, condescending and nasty attitude.

Some long acting anti perspirants/deo are supposed to be put on at night when the sweat glands are at their least active. Driclor,triple dry etc.
I don't think your weird OP and have yet to find a really effective solution.
People who say if you shower once and wear a clean top you'll be fine are talking bollocks. We're not all the same!

Perspirex sorted out my excess sweating. ( real problem post babies) after three applications i found I didn't sweat at all for two weeks then light ( normal sweating)

I use it about every six months now for about three days and it has transformed my life. I can wear a cotton shirt and it's not wet within ten mins.

What some people have said on the thread is not untrue just because you believe it is Pinfrocks. Alot of folk on here have views different to your own.

In matters of science, and biology, it's not a matter of opinion, but evidence.
The amount of toxins released with sweat are so small that have little impact on the body.
The main purpose of sweat is to regulate the temperature.
As the main purpose of the liver and kidneys is to, respectively, process and eliminate those toxins. (the intestine doesn't eliminate toxins, btw, its main purpose is absorption, not elimination)

Yes but it isn't untrue that toxins are released. It's Just in small amounts. So what she said isn't untrue.

3 deodorants is overkill! If you shower in the morning, I'm not sure there is any need to wear deodorant overnight. Up to you of course - if that is your preference you could put something light on after an evening shower or bath. Alternatively talc free powder like Burts Bees or Neals Yard could be a nice overnight alternative if you want to use something. I would just apply one deodorant after your morning shower and see how that goes. If it doesn't seem enough I would try a different one rather than double up.

Yes but it isn't untrue that toxins are released. It's Just in small amounts. So what she said isn't untrue.

It's basically irrelevant because the amounts released are insignificant (really, really tiny), and so highly unlikely to have an effect on a person's health.