I run marathons and lift weights, when not brownnosing my way up to middle management in the exciting world of small town finance.
Why do you ask?
Well, I thought if you did a lot of manual in-between the time you take a shower and meet people you consequently stink b/c of the… well, you being Mr. Sweatypants.
So do you run directly before getting into your daily work routine?
If I use standard anti-perspirants/deodorants I find I produce massive, embarassing quantities of (thank the gods) odorless sweat, enough to sweat through layered t-shirts and some sweatshirts, etc.
I use a product called Certain Dri. You roll it on at night, and even if you shower in the morning it doesn’t wash off. It works wonders for me, I’d recommend it to anyone in the same situation.
LC
Removing one’s sweat glands-wouldn’t that be dangerous? Wouldn’t your body overheat?
Ahhhh, this thread brings back memories of my first college roommate, Welbourne Frederick Bronaugh III. “But call me Fred.”
Fred did not take a shower for 53 consecutive days.
53 consecutive days!!!
The mind boggles.
Once I was in the bathroom getting ready to take my evening shower. In the time it took me to hang up my towel and take off my robe and hang it up, Fred had come in, undressed, gotten in and out of the shower, dried off and left. This took at most 2 minutes.
Again, the mind boggles.
Fred managed to clear out an entire dorm simply by taking his socks and shoes off.
If you’re like me and you’re born with too few of them all over your body, yes, it can cause problems with overheating. <hijack>To all you people who nag me about why I don’t wear a coat when it’s 60 degrees, this is one of the reasons</hijack>.
Removal of the sweat glands in the armpits, however, doesn’t really cause the overheating problem because there are still plenty of sweat glands through the rest of the body to do the job.
Please don’t flame me if I’m not 100% accurate on that. It’s been about 10 years since my doctor explained this to me.
Here in S. Florida it’s hot and humid, and if you don’t bathe frequently, you stink so bad it interferes with radio broadcasts. Some people new to the area don’t understand this (or don’t care). Lots of stinky people here.
If the B.O. is not caused by over active sweat glands or lack of personal hygiene, daily doses of chloraphyl<sp?> may help. It’s given to people with colostomy bags to help cut down the odor.
Oh!, and I’ve heard that one of the side effects, is it makes your farts almost stink-free.
Used to work out with a fella who was trying to break into the ranks (no pun intended) of pro bodybuilding. He’d shoot up a stack of steroids for weeks prior to an event and WOOO-EEEE, did he STINK! I know that he was a clean fella because I’d see him showering after lifting. And before he go into steroid-stacking, he didn’t have this stench. (Evidently, muscle-building steroid use can cause a negative reaction where the user just emits a stench from his pores) Not to mention that he liked not to wear a shirt and the back-acne nearly made us retch.
So much, that my fellow gym-rats and I cordially invited him to give up his membership at the YMCA and go elsewhere.
He left.
Unfortunately, potentially, another doper has to put up with his malodor.
Just as a note, I’ve heard that you can now Botox your sweat glands and see if it helps you out before the big surgery step.
I have a sensitive nose, so I’m glad to be working now. College was the WORST! I ended up next to someone with that smoky-sweaty-sex smell more mornings than I can count. Ewwww.
Some Metrobuses and public bathrooms have that scent permanently ground in; they smell like a homeless person even when they’re empty.