Does using deoderant increase your chances of developing breast cancer.?

Question

My friend's mom thinks this is true and will not allow her to where deoderant! EW

Answer 1

No. deodorant and anti-antiperspirant can not cause Breast cancer and it has been told very clearly by different cancer institute -

# Can antiperspirants or deodorants cause breast cancer?

Articles in the press and on the Internet have warned that underarm antiperspirants or deodorants cause breast cancer (1). The reports have suggested that these products contain harmful substances, which can be absorbed through the skin or enter the body through nicks caused by shaving. Some scientists have also proposed that certain ingredients in underarm antiperspirants or deodorants may be related to breast cancer because they are applied frequently to an area next to the breast (2).

However, researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) are not aware of any conclusive evidence linking the use of underarm antiperspirants or deodorants and the subsequent development of breast cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates food, cosmetics, medicines, and medical devices, also does not have any evidence or research data that ingredients in underarm antiperspirants or deodorants cause cancer. -

Answer 2

There have been studies that have shown there is not a link, but there are also studies that have shown certain chemicals from deodorant in the tumors of women with breast cancer.

Certain chemicals may possibly mimick estrogen and cause the body's overall levels of estrogen to go up. I would be more worried about milk and cheese from cows treated with hormones than I would about deodorant.

However, having had breast cancer twice at a young age, I do not use antiperspirant anymore. I only use deodorant, and I use a great brand called Alba Botanica. It has to be applied more often than antiperspirant, because you do sweat and the deodorant eventually comes off. So I carry one around in my purse. But it works great and smells really good.

I tried the Tom's of Maine with tea tree oil and deodorant crystals and that stuff made me stink. So I prefer the Alba brand. It's available from many health food stores and other places.

I don't see any reason to put aluminum into my body (yes, if you put it on the skin, it goes into the body) when there are reasonably priced alternatives available that work. Plus Alba Botanica and other similar companies are less toxic to the environment and don't test on animals, so it's a win-win all around.

Answer 3

This was a scare that went around the internet, and is well known urban myth. The link is supposedly between aluminium in anti-perspirants, and the area it is applied to(the armpit, ie near the breast).
This idea has been studied on more than one occassion in controlled clinical trials, and no link has ever been found.
Now, to be balanced about this, this does not mean that a link categorically does not exist; what it means is that the link is no more or less strong than anything else you could care to associate (for example, if I made up the association that using toothpaste causes mouth cancer, because all people with mouth cancer have a history of using toothpaste : this would be a true observation; and it is impossible to say with 100% certainty that it is not a true association; BUT most people do not believe this and stop using toothpaste. However, there is as much 'lack of safety' evidence for this as there is for anti-perspirants.)

Answer 4

Deodorants do not increase cancer risk. This is just an old urban legend that still floats about. The aluminum in antiperspirants is not even in a form that can interact with the body in the way people worried about.

Answer 5

There are theories that exposure to certain aluminums can stimulate free radicals and increase your risk of developing cancer (not just breast). Antiperspirants generally use an aluminum to stop you from sweating. Deodorants do not stop sweat and merely mask/stop the smell. Tell her to look into natural deodorants like Tom's of Maine brand if her mom won't let her use the conventional type.

Answer 6

No, it does not. Breast size has nothing to do with Breast Cancer. I had Breast Cancer, and I am as small as they come. Your Friends are being ridiculous and have no knowledge of breast cancer.

Answer 7

especially stick and roll-on deodorants do increase the risk of cancer breast a bit, as it block the sweat pores and prevent skin from excreting sweat

There are some all-natural deodorant products that metabolize chemicals [odorants 2-methylphenol (o-cresol) and 4-methylphenol (p-cresol)] that cause bad smell

Answer 8

If that's what she believes than that is just fine.

Answer 9

thats silly tell her so....