# Why does my armpit itch so badly? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 21, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-armpit-itch-so-badly/460819 "2008-08-21T17:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-armpit-itch-so-badly/460819/21 "2015-12-14T03:07:22Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > It might be a fungal infection. I had an itchy right armpit for a couple of weeks and at first thought it was a reaction to deodorant. But it got worse while my left remained asymptomatic. Eventually, the red area became larger but the center of it cleared up, somewhat like ring worm. A few days of daily Tinactin spray treatment cleared it up. I was going say it could be a yeast infection , you can get under your armpit . ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-armpit-itch-so-badly/460819/22 "2015-12-14T03:39:16Z")
> [@Dashellda](#): > > I use my own homemade deodorant which is amazing believe it or not I make it from 6 tablespoons of baking soda from the who whole foods store 6 tablespoons of cornstarch from whole foods store too and 12 tablespoons of coconut oil and a few drops of essential oil if you like, like lavender > If it’s warm out just dip your fingers and rub onto your armpits trust me you will be smell free all day it’s amazing and healthy �� Why do you buy baking soda and cornstarch from the whole foods store? Do you believe that they are different from the garden variety supermarket kinds? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-armpit-itch-so-badly/460819/23 "2015-12-14T03:56:26Z")
Let us hope that now, after five years, the OP’s armpit isn’t itching any more. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-armpit-itch-so-badly/460819/24 "2015-12-14T07:52:58Z")
7 years, you mean! I remember that short time when I was hearing from all sorts of people “in the know” about the evils of aluminum compounds in various products- I see it referenced in this thread a few times. I haven’t heard much about it for half a decade or so, it has been supplanted by general “toxins” these days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-armpit-itch-so-badly/460819.md?page=1)