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People that don’t wear antiperspirant… (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by loopy@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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do you not smell body odor or do you just get used to it?

Genuinely curious. I have met a few people of different walks of life that I could tell did not and I have always used it, so I’m just curious. I know there was a couple that stopped using it for around a year, and they said their body actually end up not perspiring as much as when they used antiperspirant, but I’d like to know other people’s experiences.

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[–] Stowaway@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago

Artificial scents make me break out, dry my skin out (in a bad way), gives me headaches, cause rashes, and/or cause excessive itching. Nickle, which is in many deodorants, causes rashes and chemical burns, literally had my neck bleed from a shit nickle necklace. Most deodorants will literally hurt me. Sure there are more "natural" ones, but they always feel gross or smell gross.

Sorry if it bothers you, but I'd rather not bleed from my arm pits.

Also people that use axe spray in small spaces, e.g. elevators, can get fucked.