Last Updated on October 16, 2024
Sweating may not be ruled out of our daily lives. It doesn’t matter if you are staying indoors or more of an outgoing person. There always comes a time when the temperature becomes high and you have to sweat it out. In such situations, you wouldn’t want to be caught unawares by having damps of sweat under your armpits. It is embarrassing to move around with those dark patches made by sweat. So, what do you do? You make use of deodorants!
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Do I Really Need Deodorants?
You may wonder if you need a deodorant in the first place. Aside from reducing the chances of sweating under the armpits, applying deodorants can also keep away those pungent smell associated with sweaty armpits.
On the other hand, you need to understand that you may not need deodorants after all. It is so because antiperspirants or deodorants contain chemicals (especially aluminium) that may be harmful to the body. That is so much for getting away from stinking only to absorb more toxic chemicals into the body.
With the active ingredients in deodorants that can trigger many health conditions, such as Alzheimer’s disease, you want to look for alternative ways to keep your armpits dry all that. We’ve covered some of them below!
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Try Hand Sanitizers
It is essential to clear the air that hand sanitizers are not limited to the hands. In severe cases, such as the breakout of body odour, you want to leverage hand sanitizers to combat body odour. Hand sanitizers are made with many active ingredients, including alcohol, which helps to kill some bacteria lurking on the skin’s surface.
While those alcohols can do the magic, you also need to apply hand sanitizers using awet wipe with some restraints. Excessive application of the sanitizers amounts to longer-term use of the alcohol therein. That, in extension, is an invitation to skin irritation.
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Apply Some Coconut Oils
Coconut has many health benefits but the oils prove to have more options for body odour. Ideally, it is claimed that the application of coconut oil under the armpits helps to keep it moisturized. And as the saying goes, a moisturized armpit is healthy armpit and a no-go area for body odour.
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Corn Flour and Baking Soda
Baking soda has a special place in the hearts of many. From the wonders it performs in dough to the new eighth wonder of the world whereby it used to combat body odour, there is no end to what you can get out of baking soda. Things get spiced up when you combine it with cornflour.
The rule of thumb is to go about it in two formats. First, you may want to use baking soda on a standalone basis. In this case, you are looking at mixing 1/8 tablespoon of baking soda with little water before rubbing the mixture under your arms. The other angle, which is also one of the most efficient, is to mix one part of baking soda with six parts of cornflour. Afterwards, dust the mixture under your arms.
Whichever method you decide to go with, you can be confident that using baking soda is an excellent way to prevent the armpit from getting wet and fighting body odour as well.
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Consider Using a Salt Block
Do you know that salt can serve as one of the veritable substitutes for deodorant? It might interest you to know that sodium chloride or salt is equipped with many ingredients that can fight body odour to a standstill. More so, it doesn’t leave you with those potential side effects tenable in many ingredients used in deodorants.
That said if you are considering using salt as a substitute for deodorants, then you have to mould it into a block by mixing with little water before applying under the arms.
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Witch Hazel Can Help
You are trying to leave out deodorants and go for something better. Witch Hazel is a naturally-formulated anti-septic and anti-sterilizer, which helps in getting rid of body odour. Worthy of mention is that Witch Hazel, with its rich ingredients, can kill different kinds of bacteria, just as it can lower the skin’s pH.
When applying, remember to make use of cotton wool. Apply some drops of Witch Hazel into the cotton wool and use the same to rub into your armpits to control sweat.
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Go Natural with Essential Oils
You want to use something that resonates with nature. The natural undertones of essential oils make them formidable alternatives to deodorants. Essential oils are your favourite pick because they contain those ingredients that reduce sweat breakouts, elimination of odour, and many other antibacterial properties.
As a rule of thumb, it is advisable that you make use of those essential oils you love. Lemongrass, blood orange, geranium, lavender, and vetiver are some of the essential oils you can try.
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Apply Lemon Juice to Your Armpits
There is a twist of plot in this case. Lemon juice can serve as a substitute for deodorants, but you may need to compromise in some aspects. Lemon juice, when applied under the arms, kills off odour-causing bacteria. However, you would have to deal with the constant sweating under your armpits, because lemon juice isn’t an antiperspirant.
Instead, you may want to make use of squeezed lemon. You can squeeze a lemon into your armpits, after which the citric acid properties get into motion to prevent body odour and kill bacteria triggering sweating under the arms.
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Exfoliate Your Armpits
We saved the best for the last. Would you rather not go through the steps we detailed above? Perhaps, you think them too enormous to go about doing them every day. You may want to use the shorter route of exfoliating your armpits. Certainly, this should be the first thing to cross your mind when you start sweating uncontrollably under your arms.
Exfoliation in this instance implies shaving off hair under your arms and washing your armpits regularly.
Substitute Deodorants
You don’t want to sell a cow and buy a sheep. You don’t want to switch from using deodorants to using other alternatives that may endanger your skin’s health. Therefore, we hope that you see reasons to wave goodbye to the harmful effects tenable in using deodorants and starting making use of alternate antiperspirant and deodorizing methods to prevent body odour and sweaty underarms.
Lacey is an environmental enthusiast and passionate advocate for living green and sustainable. She believes that everyone can make a difference, no matter how small. Lacey is dedicated to reducing her own carbon footprint and educating others on the importance of living greener. She is an advocate for green energy and sustainable practices. She is an active member of her local community, volunteering with local conservation efforts, and taking part in sustainability initiatives. Lacey is a firm believer that the only way to ensure a sustainable future is to work together and make small, but important changes.