The Effects of Anti-Perspirant?

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A while ago, I traded deodorant brands, from Speed Stick to Adidias, because the Adidas brand item was a free gift for my hockey team (it was a bulk pack) on their trip to Sweden. I found it adequate to use, though my older sister warned me of how anti-perspirant was linked to causing cancer in the body. However, recently, I found my application points to actually drip sweat. The 'anti-perspirant' portion (it was a deodorant/anti-perspirant) of the product never really did work, but this was new. It actually occurred while participating in FGT, and during hockey games. The sweat that dripped would sting when it came in contact with my skin, a bit like being hit by hail, but with less frequency.

With this in mind, I know this is not normal, but does anybody perhaps know what I may be experiencing, or if they had experienced this not only with Adidas deodorant/anti-perspirant, but with other brands? Would discontinuation of use of the product be recommended?
 
Aluminum Chlorohydrate is what's linked to cancer. They make antiperspirants without it if you care that much.

I've never heard of Adidas deodorant. Stick with Old Spice red zone. You're probably still sweating around the area of application, so that might be what you're feeling.

Check the ingredients of the Adidas on the back label. Compare it to your old brand and see if there's anything different to which you are having a reaction.
 
I get the burning anytime I use the gels or roll on type stuff. I have to use regular dry solids or Old Spice Red Zone Clear Dry Solids. I'm not sure what does it but anything that doesn't basically come off in a powdery form reacts badly with my skin.

And if you are so overly concerned about cancer:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/healthmedical/a/antiperspirants.htm

In a May 1999 article by Dawn MacKeen on Salon.com, Dr. Mervyn Elgart of the department of dermatology at George Washington University eloquently dismissed the rumor as, and I quote, "a bunch of crap." Other experts have expressed similar views, though not necessarily in those words.
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Anyway, the only suspected relation has been when underarm shaving and antiperspirant use were combined and that is still being looked into.
 
Eh...

i can't use the clear stick stuff in any brand. It starts to burn after awhile, & my armpit skin peels, sorta like a sunburn. So I use the solid stuff. I don't have any issues with it, other than the white residue on ma black teeshirts.
 
Yeah, gels dry me out a little too much. The burning might be chaffing.
 
ExigeExcel
Is that implying you shave your armpits? I don't shave mine, but I don't let it go free either.
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No, my armpit hair is pretty manageable. And it stays at a certain length, so I haven't considered trimming or shaving.
 
What kind of man shaves any part of his body?
 
Omnis
What kind of man shaves any part of his body?
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That would be any man that has the actual ability to grow facial hair.:sly:
I have a baby face (at age 43) and I have to shave at least twice a week.
Now legs, underarms, and pubis... No shavee!!!
 
I use Right Guard RGX... has butane in it. :scared:

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Gil
I have a baby face (at age 43) and I have to shave at least twice a week.
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…wow.

I wish I only had to shave twice a week. I didn’t think that was possible. :indiff:
 
I haven't had any "burning" problems with mine, I use Right Guard "The NHL's official antipersperant/Deodorant". With the shaving part I maybe shave twice a week but I wish I could grow a beard, I really want one like this:

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I shave my face maybe once in... a month or two.

Not to get this thread on a different, and unwanted track, but how can you not shave you know where. At a certain point its just a nuisance, then again, it is quite uncomfortable the day or two after.

As for your problem, obviously stop using that brand, and see what works for you. I've had some deodorants make my armpits burn and it's not a pleasant feeling at all. It could just be your tolerance though. Axed use to burn my armpits, but now i practically spray the whole can on me (Axe is that weak though).

Ive heard a lot of good things about old spice, I think i'll have to try it sometime. Maybe it will actually keep working for more than the five minutes axe gives you :lol:
 
Gil
That would be any man that has the actual ability to grow facial hair.:sly:
I have a baby face (at age 43) and I have to shave at least twice a week.
Now legs, underarms, and pubis... No shavee!!!
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Well I meant body as in excluding the face. ;)
 
Diablo'
Not to get this thread on a different, and unwanted track, but how can you not shave you know where. At a certain point its just a nuisance, then again, it is quite uncomfortable the day or two after.
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Trim with very short scissors, and carefully:lol:
 
Gil
Trim with very short scissors, and carefully:lol:
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Or, just don't shave there?! I mean, why would you want (or want your partner) to look like you're 12 forever?

:nervous:
 
Diablo'
I shave my face maybe once in... a month or two.

Not to get this thread on a different, and unwanted track, but how can you not shave you know where. At a certain point its just a nuisance, then again, it is quite uncomfortable the day or two after.
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You shave your main head more often than your spare one?!? :boggled:
 
Omnis
Aluminum Chlorohydrate is what's linked to cancer. They make antiperspirants without it if you care that much.

I've never heard of Adidas deodorant. Stick with Old Spice red zone. You're probably still sweating around the area of application, so that might be what you're feeling.

Check the ingredients of the Adidas on the back label. Compare it to your old brand and see if there's anything different to which you are having a reaction.
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Well, mine has tetrachlorohydrex gly, and aluminum zirconium... is that any better?
 
Thinking today. Why hasn't anyone invented antiperspirant sunscreen yet?
 
Actually, the antiperspirant is mainly to block the stinky "apocrine" sweat glands.
 
But sweat doesn't smell, it's the bacteria that feasts on it. So to say it block "smelly" sweat glands can't be right, surely?
 
I reacon anything which blocks your glads or pores is bad, so using deodorant rather than antiperspirant is the way to go!
 

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