I've tried everything and my armpits still smell really bad! help?

Question

I can just be sitting down doing nothing and my armpits reek. I use dove and once in awhile my brother's old spice. I don't sweat that bad I just smell really bad. I use sprays, lotions, soaps, I eat zinc. I think it might be from anxiety because my IBS is caused by that, but now I am starting to get this armpit problem. please help!

don't just say deodorant

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Answer 1

It can be lots of things, but while you go see a dctor about this condition or change your diet, it can be helpful to just change you deodorant t and see if that helps. Like one of the previous posts said, Dove does suck. I tswitched to it from Secret Platinum because I wanted that "smoother armpit" thing they said on the commercials, but after of week of trying it, I realized it probably just has a bunch of moisturizers working and not enough anti-perspirant or deodorant. I got really paranoid when I started smelling BO and I think it was me the whole time, lol, but I switched back to the Secret Platinum and I can obviosuly notice the difference. Maybe you can try Secret Clinical Strength. It probably work a bit more than the Platinum. This should hold you up until you figure out what the problem is.

Answer 2

Chlorophyll works as a really good system cleanser.
Oftentimes, odors coming from various parts of your body are caused by your body excreting toxins (although some major cases may be caused by fungus... but you'd be able to see that). Chlorophyll would help to clean the toxins out of your system so that they don't come out of your sweat glands.

Conceivably, it's possible that it might be from anxiety.... but anxiety typically just makes you sweat more, not stink more. It's also possible that anxiety can augment IBS, but it can't directly cause it. In both of those cases, the only way anxiety could actually cause either case would be if the anxiety was completely debilitating.... you'd be bawling your eyes out on a daily basis.

I could recommend several natural products that can help with stress and relaxation if that would help... like St. John's Wart, SAMe, some B-Vitamins, GABA, Ashwagandha, and L-Theanine. And if you're looking for help with your IBS, I'd suggest finding a good probiotic complex, and maybe some enzymes if those don't help enough.
Let me know if you have any other questions.

Answer 3

Shower daily and scrub your armpits really well in the shower. After you take a shower put on deodorant. That should do the trick. If that's not working, you might possibly want to see a doctor. It might be embarrassing, but it would be worth it :) ~Rachel♥♫♥

Answer 4

OMG, I feel your pain. I, too, have anxiety disorder and when it kicks in I sweat and therefore I get an odor. It really hurts emotionally knowing people are quick to judge. I threw away one of the most biggest opportunity in my life because of this and now I dared to just get back up but it's so difficult when you have no control of situations that will just happen. I sit next to this girl in my class and she's fake as **** and she talks to me but yet makes fun of me behind my back. There's also this two ignorant deaf chicks in my class who she talks to and they would do sign language and do lil gesture flapping their arms and then laugh and look at me...It's hell for me knowing I cannot drop my class and to know that for the next few months I have to just brush it off and deal with the emotional pain. To make matter worse, THE TEACHER reverse the attention on me cause he too have body odor. It sucksss...At least my classmates will have no choice but to respect him..It hurts but what can I do.

My only advice for you is to be strong and accept reality and learn to have "thick skin"....I am hoping to just brush it off and not give those ignorant people power over my mind....

Did you ever go through what I am going through as far as social life goes?

Answer 5

I've had the same problem before and I realized none of the women's deodorants work for me so I switched up and started using Men's Degree Sport. It holds me all day VS any of the female degree or any other brand made for females. I pretty much tried them all and Degree Sport for men works. I also use a deodorant soap to shower with and bath with.

Answer 6

1] do you shace your armpits regularly?
2] wait until pits are dry before applying antiperspirant?
3] keep alcohol free baby wipes in locker to clean after PE, and re-apply antiperspirant
4] try an odor absorbing powder: people in hospitals use Odor Eaters Foot Powder - actually absorbs stink! - for days that are so bad we have to change scrubs [ disasters or just messes ]. Test the smell first.

Answer 7

Secret seems to work well. Make sure it is an antipersperant (for the sweating) and a deodorant (for the odor). Also, make sure you are washing your pits very well while showering daily.
Depending on what types of hormonal changes your body is going through, that will also have an effect.

Answer 8

Obviosly I can't say what the smell is,but perhaps it's natural pheremones which is the most sexual attractive smell there is.
Too many women fail to realise this,and blast themselves with sprays

Answer 9

It happens!! Don't sweat it!! (no pun intended)

I loooooove going out dancing so clearly I work up a sweat... it used to be a problem until I found Secret Clinical Strength... it's inexpensive, smells great, and TOTALLY WORKS... imagine?? It's a miracle.. Try it!! :)

Hope I helped!

Answer 10

Maybe it's a medical condition. Ask the doctor. My mother's friend is like that, she always smells.