I'm not sure if this is the best board for this but you guys are usually smart.
So my armpits seem to permanently smell a sour, oniony kind of odor that never goes away not even right after a shower with a lot of scrubbing. If I put deodorant on it will cover it up, but I am wondering if there's anything I can do about it. Some details...
For the last 5 years or so I've had a girlfriend who didn't mind the smell of BO, but did mind the smell of just about any deodorant so I took to very rarely using it (once or twice a month maybe).
I also used to smoke weed, not a ton but usually at least a few puffs a day. Other than that I live fairly cleanly, almost never drink, eat a lot of vegetables and am fit and active. I could certainly drink more water though.
It's not a huge issue, just seems weird and I am curious if there's something to be done about it.
serious a lot of your smell comes from your hormones
Elijah Wilson
what kind of deodorant are you using where the smell is so strong people can smell it without you having to raise your arms?
Bentley Young
Are you making sure that your shirts are clean? If you don't properly wash your clothes then you just reseed the bacteria causing BO. Also there is a difference between the white powdery deodorants and the gel deodorants, try switching to the other one.
Brandon Sullivan
This is the correct option
Adrian Edwards
Stupid question, but how do you properly wash your clothes? I thought you put the clothes in the washing machine with detergent and press start.
Oliver Sullivan
hang or dry immediately
Henry Torres
I have the same problem. Flawless diet, never done weed. I'm going to try using tea tree oil straight, or else peppermint oil. Both anti bacterial.
Cooper Gomez
I should note, no one's ever said anything. I don't think it's that bad. It's just weird it doesn't go away after washing.
This is intersting, I'm not always great about wearing a fresh shirt, and often the same one to bed several days.
I wash often, not sure about shaving cause I'm pretty swarthy everywhere else so it would look a little weird.
What are some diet tips?
Jacob Perry
how long has this been going on?
James Foster
I just shaved my pits and moisten a towel with rubbing alcohol and wash my pits with said towel. Works pretty good. Idk if the alcohol is great for you but it knocks the bacteria and the excrement it produces away.
Christopher Jones
fusidic acid, like fucidin
bad smell is from bacteria
Christian Mitchell
>I'm not always great about wearing a fresh shirt That's probably it. Don't wear one for more than a full day without washing it. NEVER more than two days. As far as diet make sure you're drinking a lot of water but aside from that it won't matter that much unless you have a disorder.
Anthony Jenkins
use rubbing alcohol under your pits.
Aiden Cooper
I purposely avoid showering because it is only natural and righteous that I smell smelly as a man should.
Lincoln White
Shave and deo did it for me.
Nathan Baker
for anyone that cares:
The sweat only attains its characteristic odor upon being degraded by bacteria, which releases volatile odor molecules.[23] More bacteria (especially corynebacteria) leads to stronger odor. The presence of axillary [armpit] hair also makes the odor even more pungent, as secretions, debris, keratin, and bacteria accumulate on the hairs.[15]
shaving is teh gey but grabbing the clippers (you DO have clippers, right? for the beard and for doing your own hair? you're not paying money for a fucking haircut you could do yourself, are you?) and a #4 guard for the pits, and maybe a #8 for the misters will hold down the odor, esp. in the summer.
Zachary Rodriguez
Do you know the difference between antiperspirant and deodorant?
Arm and Hammer sells scentless antiperspirant
Robert Howard
Get some Old Spice High Endurance in whatever scent you like
This. I use a beard trimmer on the smallest guard for armpits. Buzz them about once a month, or before a special occasion. It looks way nicer than having a full on bush in there. Clean shaven is gay af, don't do it unless you're going for that twink look
Xavier Howard
Since I'm vegan my sweat has been literally smelling good. It's barely existant but it smells like bok choys and salt. I don't eat beans though, it probably wouldn't work if you try to focus on protein, vegans who eat a lot of beans look and smell like shit. That said, meat is the biggest culprit to making your sweat smell bad, mostly because the type of bacterias it feeds is different from those that only eat plants so when switching vegan this bacteria subtype dies off.
Thomas Martin
>vegan
opinion discarded
Jaxon Anderson
I have experienced the 2 sides of the coin while you're ignorant of one so you can't know how it would affect your odor. Your opinion doesn't matter, mine does.
Logan Myers
t. Europoor
Nathaniel Morgan
Use lemon or baking soda
Evan Howard
I'm not a vegan and I don't have bad body odor, I don't have to follow some quack vegan diet to get that result. Your opinion is irrelevant, mine isn't.
Isaac Lewis
Scrub harder, user. Do it twice.
If that's not enough then take a bath before showering.
Don't forget to wash your bedsheets once a week. That's a load of resident bacteria there
Blake Perez
I didn't have bad odor, it just smells better now. But yeah you're pretty much a retard so let's leave it at that.
Jayden Collins
>you guys are usually smart I don't think this could be any more false. But anyhow, I think I have a similar problem and I've looked into it before. It seems like it's probably a mild bacterial or yeast infection. Try antibacterial or antifungal creams
Carson Davis
Nigga..u need to soap up, scrub, rinse and repeat. Scrubbing 100x in a row without rinsing/soaping up again isnt gonna do shit.
Josiah Barnes
>shave >apply deodorant (stick) in the morning >spray deodorant afterwards This did the trick for me. Ppl start to complain after my hair on my armpits grows out again tho. I thought it was gay at first but I got used to it and I now prefer it.
Gavin Torres
Similar question to OP
does anyone else get a tiny rash just above their crack? I was reading that it's because constant sweat in your butt. Which makes sense since I walk everywhere and only shower after I get home and get even more sweaty by lifting.
Because in our current feminised society it's a faux pas. I know it's hard to understand for autists but there are these weird social guidelines on how to behave and shit
>drink water >shave >stop using the same shirt Shaving will help, you will be less sweaty and it will smell lesser if you shave
Gavin Davis
>i'm a vegan, i fart butterflies
Landon Bennett
OP, If you must hear one advice, it's this one: BAKING SODA. THis shit is magic and cheap. Had smelly armpits, Tried everything, washing it 3 times a day, aluminium deodorant, natural scrubby sponges,rubbing alum stone etc
Then fell upon these articles and all changed.It changed my life. No more of that. Soda creates an unhospitable environment for bacteria and prevents them from accumulating. Can be used as an addition to toothpaste and even replace shampoo. Try it, lad. It's lke 2 dollars a box that will last you 4 to 6 months.
Tried it too back in the day. Did not work. Baking soda solved all my problems.
BUt apple cider vinega in the diet is god tier
David Gray
Cut the hair short and switch to a different deodorant. Use a stick instead of spray if you aren't already.
Dominic Powell
Everyone smells under armpit. Just put on deo and your smelly vapur will mix with pefume smell and all the ladies will smell your manliness when you walk past them
Ethan Brown
This post made me gag
Henry Harris
Are you french?
Jacob Howard
Rub some powdered aluminum in your pits.
Nathan Morris
Dont listen to people that say you should shave, they are homosexuals. If you are stright and dont want people to think you are a homosexual than dont
