Teenage dd sweating and school uniform

[thenewaveragebear1983]

I'd be interested in some advice on this. My teen dd (nearly 14) has a bit of an issue with body odour. Or rather, I have an issue with it because she doesn't seem to notice it. She wears a white shirt to school and a blazer, and after school they both absolutely reek of body odour. I have now just washed the blazer but I think the shirts will have to be binned as the smell is 'in the fabric' and I cannot get it out. As soon as her body heat warms the fabric this very strong smell permeates.

I have removed any polyester shirts from her wardrobe leaving only the 100% cotton, but her blazer is polyester and they have to wear them all the time. She also walks 40 minutes to school and back, wearing the blazer.

I really struggle to get her to shower regularly, she will not do it without being told (she has never in 14 years autonomously gone for a shower), but she does have one at least every other day. I always make sure she has deodorant on before she leaves for school, but it doesn't seem to help. She is at a new high school since September and I worry that other kids are going to say she smells.

Any advice for a) deodorants that might be more effective and help reduce the sweating and b) how to get the sweat smell out of the clothes?? Especially the blazer?

She needs to shower daily. It's a hygiene issue. I sweated excessively in puberty and then it settled down. To the point that I hardly need deodorant. But I still shower daily.

Hi she grew out off it (she's 16 now)

I am very active and prone to sweating - daily shower, cotton clothes and Mitchum are a minimum.

But appropriate clothes are important, too. Walking for 40 minutes in a polyester blazer in this warm Autumn? That would be an utter disaster for me, I too would stink by the end of the day.

She can try this YouTube natural hair blogger she’s fab:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0_yj90gxpPM

One of my sisters had/has an odour. It’s been with her for as long as we can remember. It’s apparently some medical condition. She changed her diet etc. And it has improved... not very easy for a 14yr old though, but might be worth considering it could be something that is medically wrong because even after a shower I don’t think she should still smell.

Also I’d do a clean out of her room... clean pillows, mattress , bedding etc.

Thanks for that link, she does watch nail tutorials on YouTube so she might like that one too!

Update: heart to heart last week. We have enforced a shower every single day, and also bought new shirts for school and threw away the old polyester ones. Bought dettol laundry stuff and also the dove deo cream. The combination of all these things has really helped. Her room is still a tip but I feel we have made massive headway with things this week.

Thanks to you all for your help, I really do appreciate it

Soap only in the shower and try this if she doesn't like a scent it will work

https://www.superdrug.com/Mitchum/Mitchum-Unperfumed-Anti-Perspirant-Roll-On-100ml/p/78182?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkJrEjsPz1gIVRRbTCh3IqgSsEAQYAiABEgLyyvDBwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CJq14YY_D89YCFSeIUQodCyAJLg

Hi if you have a battle of cleanliness. I found waxing underarms a life saver i sweated badly. I use roll on mitchum or mens rightguard. Enforce the hairdresser rule maybe 1 a month. Just because it will be a routine, she might not care. But stress how important it is socially. Also a good flannel and soap may be a compromise to a full shower. Don't forget if her armpits smell. Best check on downstairs in the discreet way possible. Bad hygiene can lead to issues xx

My dd used pit roc,which you can now get scented versions of after antiperspirant failure.
They do grow out of that highly smelly sweat phase and perhaps in a few years you'll be trying to get her out of the bathroom.