I think the moral of the story is, find a brand of deoderant that works well, you like, and doesn’t try to kill you.
Then just stay with that even if the store is out or another brand is on sale or anything else.
Uh, what doesn’t kill you makes you (smell) stronger.
Or something like that.
Thing is, I don’t think my deoderant (once lost now found) actually really works very well. I get the unscented kind, because I don’t want to smell like spring rain, but all too often I catch a whiff of, er, not spring rain. I’m not a really sweaty person, but it honestly dosen’t seem like I sweat less with an antiperperant than without. I’d switch brands to look for one that seems to work better, but oh my god I can’t risk that rash again.
Zsofia: I thought I read somewhere (here, maybe?) that if you apply just a bit of rubbing alcohol to your armpits, that should kill of a lot of the bacteria that’s stinkifying your pits. Having never tried that myself, and being too lazy to do a search, take that piece advice with a grain of salt. Maybe someone else will chime in with their experience.
Theoretically not right after I shave them, right? I’ll give it a whirl and report back (although now of course it’s winter and not an everyday sort of problem.)
Would an antihistamine cream help maybe? Try taking antihistamine orally too, since it is likely an allergic reaction causing the itching. Hope you feel better today.
I am not allergic to deorderants, but I am sure by typing this my armpits will decide they want to be high maintenence and go nuts on me.
I wanted to stop putting harmful chemicals on my underarm and see if I could improve my memory. (HA!) If you think about it, you are putting strange chemicals on your skin that are right there by …what…the adrenal glands or some other rather crucial gland.
So I checked the Pit Juice Stopper Products and read all the labels. All 22 bajillion of them. Only two met my rather low criteria. (Affordability and cannot be a noxious overly girly or overly manly man smell. I hate scented deorderants.)
" The Crystal" which weighs in about 5lbs for a stick and can be used as a weapon in the event of an axe murderer suddenly breaks into your john while you are swabbing the arm crotch. It helps keep the bacteria from causing you to stink like a rhino wallowing in poo poo. Not sure how this would work with men and their nasty, nasty stinky hairy armpits. Bonus is you can use The Crystal on your feet too, if they are rather smelly. Possibly your crotch, but I definately don’t want to go there. yours or mine.
I like The Crystal except for it’s weight issues - hey, I’m lazy - and it doesn’t leave your pits feeling smooth after you put it on, which is very odd to get use to after a life time of soft subtley pits.
The Crystal now comes in a spray. So’s, what I do is use Tom’s Of Maine natural smelling deordant which is so funky to get use to in itself after years of powedery fresh/baby soft/sexyhotasianchix smelling pits to uhhhh…some kind of sausage that is left of the fridge too long. Then spray. Or reverse it. Hell, I can’t remember. It’s not like I do this every freaking morning…gah!
Hey, who doesn’t want to smell like sausage?
Really, in the winter I don’t need much deoderant, so I use the natural stuff. In the summer, I use Dove or Secret unscented. If I can’t smell like a bratwurst, I don’t want to smell at all.
In contusion, there is nothing to see here.
I suffer from the whole swollen/burning 'pit thing. Antiperspirants are the greatest culprits.
What does work for me is spray-on deodorants, like AXE or it’s ilk. Stings for a moment, but I never get a rash.
Go to a dermatologist, and make him promise he won’t do anything rash when you tell him you have an itch to travel… 
The Axe deodorant line was created by sadistic jerks looking for new ways to torment the senses IMO. That stuff STINKS! It’s WAY too powerful. It wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t so strong. Sheesh! You’re not supposed to be able to TASTE it in a room with windows open, a fan blowing in the window past me, and strong suction from an attic fan circulating air throughout the house, when it’s been sprayed in the other room. This is what is observed at my in-law’s house, when my brother-in-law was primping for a date. Yick!
LMAO You are absolutely right! Certainly needs a “well-ventilated space” caveat on the can - always feels like a large-grain powder entering my lungs, even though I know it’s liquid…
I’ve found, at my local “99 Cent Stuff,” a knock-off spray that isn’t half as injuriously smelly. Can’t remember the brand, though.
Thank God it’s not only me! I’m also allergic to any clear-ish stick deodorant. I have to use an antiperspirant deodorant. I can get by with a gel for a few days, but that too will start the ungodly burning after a while. I use Old Spice Red Zone now. Smooth AND no flaming armpits!
Happens to me with a specific line of Speed Stick, but not with most of their stuff. I can go three or four days using it before the rash develops, and since I bought three of those babies on sale one day, I try to use them every once in a while for brief periods.
–Cliffy
I’m currently using Original Source ginger roll on deoderant. It stings like hell for the first few minutes after putting it on, but for some reason then it stops.
Burning armpits are a small price to pay for a deoderant which I really like, as such are few and far between. (and armpits are a dime a dozen)
I am resurrecting this thread to inform Freido and other sensitive arm crotch people of an apparently new natural deorderant that I found today:
Herbal Clear Natural Deoderant Aluminium-free
Haven’t given it the test swabbing of it yet, but I thought I would throw it out there for all people trying to cut out aluminium and harmful chemicals to stop possible death and forgetful…hmmmmwhat was I saying?
[George Carlin]Instead of using deodorant, go to the kitchen and put a bay leaf under each arm. Doesn’t stop you from perspiring, but you smell like soup![/GC]
I don’t have any deodorant advice to add; I just wanted to point out the entirely different flavor the thread title would have if friedo had used exclamation points instead of periods.
I usually don’t have a problem but one of TheLadyLion’s deodorants causes a reaction sometimes.
When I was in boot cam when I was 18 I experenced some bad chafing on my thighs from marching. A wiseass suggested putting old spice stick deodorant on it. I didn’t know any better. Sweet merciful crap did it hurt! Funny thing though is after the pain washed away it actually cleared up the irritation.
I’ve had some really bad itchy rashes from various deodorants and anti-perspirants over the years. I was doing okay with Right Guard stick, but it discolored all the armpits of my T-shirts and left a nasty, caked-on crust that stayed even after multiple washings.
Now I use Mitchum clear gel antiperspirant, which smells pretty good (but not overpowering) and has never given me an itchy rash or stained my clothes. It is a bit more expensive per stick than the more popular brands like Speed Stick or Right Guard, but you can still find Mitchum almost anywhere. I highly recommend it, because it took years before I found a deodorant that worked for me.
When I was 14 I lit my armpit on fire. I had just put on some deodorant, and then while my shirt was still off I began playing around with a lighter. Due to (Un?)natural curiosity combined with boredom I was seeing what would happen if I burned some body hair, so I started with some air hair, then some leg hair, and then I saw a long airpit hair sticking out so I thought “why not?”.
Whoomp.
There was something flammable in that deodorant because my armpit become a fireball. I beat it out with my hand, and I was left with no armpit hair and an awful stink that lingered for hours.