• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    Who the hell is buying all this 48h deodorant? I do not understand. Are there that many people out there that don’t get a chance to re apply or take a shower and wash it off anyway within 24h? The 48h deodorant craze has me really worried about what’s happening to work life balance in the US. Is 48h deodorant as popular in other countries? Or are there people that are just like, Oh, twice as many chemicals as I need? Sounds great! Let me put that on my body right near my axillary lymph nodes every 24h just for shits??

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      22 hours ago

      I just buy deodorant, I know the 48 h claim is bs, I just buy whatever is cheaper per ml may it be 48h labeled or not

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      18 hours ago

      Agreed. Normal bathroom soap is usually enough to clean and scent the pits. I just want something that will last a few hours before I do the same at bedtime.

      72hrs with some strange chemical clogging up my sweat glands doesnt sound good, healthwise

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      20 hours ago

      I have 72 hour deodorant, and I like it. My showering schedule is determined by how often I sweat. In the winter, as long as nothing made me sweat, I only shower every other other day. In the summer it’s usually every day or every other. Showering every day can be an issue for people with dry skin.

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          11 hours ago

          Well I only apply it after getting out of the shower, so that simplifies it. If I end up showering more than once in a 72 hour period that means it gets reapplied before the 72 hours have passed.

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        12 hours ago

        I just find it odd that that’s even attractive. Perhaps these are the same people that just turn their thermostat to 90F when they are cold.

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      22 hours ago

      i get the antiperspirant deodorant with the most aluminum salts, and it happens to be 96h. I don’t know if it truly holds for 96h because I shower daily and I also know that aluminum salts might contribute to issues later in life (or at least there used to be lots of scary headlines about aluminum salts and cancer, but that seems to have subsided a bit and nowadays the consensus is that they’re not an issue, at least without a causal link), but I truly hate the feel of sweat on my skin. Aluminum salts block the sweat glands so sweat can’t come out, and they’re truly effective.

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        20 hours ago

        re: the aluminum salts

        I hate that its become harder and harder to find antiperspirants as people have become more concerned with the negative health effects of the aluminum salts. I’d switch immediately to another type of antiperspirant but companies have just stopped selling them at all together rather than coming up with an alternative

        I’m not even that sweaty of a person but regular deoderant doesn’t work well for me

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          17 hours ago

          You could try a natural deodorant with baking soda instead. It should provide a similar effect. My skin reacts badly to aluminium salts and “normal” deodorants can barely keep me smell-free until lunch. A natural deodorant with baking soda has though worked absolute wonders. If you’re coming from antiperspirants there may be a starting phase where your body gets used to not having the aluminium blocking the glands, but that’ll subside after approx. 2 weeks.

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            12 hours ago

            Baking soda can be very harsh on some people’s skin. I am violently intolerant of aluminum salts and slightly sensitive to BS. It really is true for many people that if you stick out a “natural” deodorant for an awkward 2-4 weeks you really don’t sweat as much or smell bad.

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            17 hours ago

            Oh that’s good to know! I’ll give that a try as I do worry about the aluminum, thanks!

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        20 hours ago

        I used to buy only antiperspirant until I was out on a very hot day for about 4 hours and got heat rashes on both armpits from the sweat trying to get out but being unable to. Apparently that’s not a great thing. Rash lasted for like 3 weeks too. So just be careful when you use antiperspirant.

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          17 hours ago

          Natural deodorants with baking soda just works better IMO. Instead of blocking the glands, the baking soda just absorbs the moisture instead which reduces the growth of the bacterias causing bad odour. Never had a rash or any odour from using that and antiperspirants where a death sentence for my skin.