Everyone take a note......Stop using anti-perspirent. Just use deordorant. Why do we purposefully smear aluminum into our most tender area where are lymph's are? Because of sweat? We need to sweat. Sweat releases harmful toxins out of our body and if we seal those glands shut, where do the TOXINS have to go? They form lumps in our breasts I would guess. URL=http://www.save-your-skin.com/anti-perspirant.html URL=http://www.naturalhealthmarket.com/antiperspirant.htm URL=http://www.herbalremedies.com/denadehede.html?source=google%26engine=adwords!32%26keyword=%2528aluminum%2Bfree%2Bdeodorant%2529%26match_type=content%26gclid=CMD0ydylsIcCFRutWAodJh2M1g
2006-10-05 08:45:16 · 11 answers · asked by Lord Stanley 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Yes, I agree with you that antiperspirants could be risky. Perhaps this is one reason why there seems to be so much breast cancer? I now use a herbal deodorant, but I won't ever use antiperspirant again.
2006-10-05 08:47:34 · answer #1 · answered by Julia S 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I will be 50 yrs old in November. I started to use antiperspirant when my Mother told me to, and continued to use it until I was about 16 when I became aware of herbal alternatives to the commercially marketed antiperspirants. I was not concerned with them doing me any harm, (after all, I have lived in the Texas Gulf Coastal area surrounded by oil refineries and Chemical manufacturing plants all my life, so how threatened could I be?) My concern was for the environment (I know it sounds strange since I did live in an area were pollution was so prevalent a concern, yet nothing much was done to prevent it until the establishment of the EPA, but I wanted to try and do my part to balance out Mother Nature so she wouldn't be so po'd , sorta to help my own Karma!) I used herbal alternatives, but found the most effective was a clear gel stick deodorant. No aerosol, just rub it under my arms and good to go. It is very humid around here and if everyone quit using antiperspirant we would all be wearing oxygen tanks!
2006-10-05 09:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me, but have you ever stood downwind from somebody that has been sweating "very healthy?" Not pleasant. On another note, the application of deodorant does NOT seal your sweat glands shut; obviously, if you've ever worked out, you obviously sweat. People who get breast cancer are generally those who do not live in good conditions, or have inherited it from another generation. It is hereditary, you know. I'm sorry, but I do not agree with your argument. And I'll continue using deodorant, thank you.
2006-10-05 08:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uhhhhh....no...they don't form lumps in your breasts. The lymph is a system ......not just a specific outlet here an there for sweat. If you block off one outlet the toxins will simply come out another one. Please don't buy into this idiotic form of thinking and spend your life stinky because of bad information. (Consult an anatomy and physiology teacher or your doctor for some real information).
2006-10-05 08:50:33 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most men sweat a lot more than most women. Most men would probably find that without anti perspirent they would end up with big wet stains under their arms which would hardly be very attractive.
I don't believe there is any evidence linking anti perspirent to breast cancer.
2006-10-05 08:55:02 · answer #5 · answered by ZCT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL!!!
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2002-10-17-email-hoax_x.htm
2006-10-05 09:14:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2017-02-10 08:03:05 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol this is just outright stupid. very little aluminum is absorbed and its in a salt form so it isnt that reactive. the first link also claims parabens in "non-natural" deodarants cause cancer (parabans are extremely inert and chemically inert stuff generally isnt carcinogenic). the second link doesnt know the difference between ionization and a free radical. yes, aluminum ionizes but it doesnt become a free radical. and your body is full of ionized particles, most of which you cant live without. i decided not to waste my time looking at the third link.
plus there arent cancer causing toxins in your sweat.... dont listen to internet hacks
2006-10-05 11:09:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
So, you actually think that using antiperspirant causes cancer? Well, then I guess I probably have cancer now and so does most of America.
2006-10-05 08:47:39 · answer #9 · answered by coloradopsych 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everything causes cancer, why not just stop using everything, I don't think you'd be safe even then, if your going to get cancer, your going to get it and changing from anti-persperant to deoderant isn't going to change a thing.
2006-10-05 08:54:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋