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People that don’t wear antiperspirant… (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by loopy@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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do you not smell body odor or do you just get used to it?

Genuinely curious. I have met a few people of different walks of life that I could tell did not and I have always used it, so I’m just curious. I know there was a couple that stopped using it for around a year, and they said their body actually end up not perspiring as much as when they used antiperspirant, but I’d like to know other people’s experiences.

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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use non-antiperspirant deodorant. I got tired of the aluminum in antiperspirant staining my shirts and clumping up, then I learned that the aluminum works by being an irritant that causes an allergic swelling that blocks your sweat glands. That all sounds pretty gross to me. I might re-apply deodorant during the day if I've been sweating, or put on some fresh clothes or even take a light shower.

[–] Meuzzin@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the correct answer. Deodorant works just fine without cancer causing aluminum oxide.

[–] plumbus@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

You don’t have to use it, but aluminum salts are not really cancer-causing:

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-to-know-about-aluminum-in-deodorant