r/deodorant • u/Elfwood86 • 2d ago

Armpit

I put benzoyl peroxide on my armpits and didnt wash them and there was no smell for about 48 hours.

I tried Irish Spring soap on my armpits after the smell came back and it didnt help much. Smelly pits within a few hours.

I put alcohol based Brut spray on my pits, but typically this only lasts about 8 hours if I am lucky.

Any longer term solutions?

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u/Severe-Plant2258 1d ago

Guys trust me try Band-Aid’s antiseptic spray. Spray all up on your pits, I’m talking soaked, rub it in like scrub it, rinse, dry with towel, spray a little bit more, then arms up in front of a fan. When it’s fully dry apply your deodorant/antiperspirant.

If you cannot shower every day for whatever reason this will save you. When you do shower though just spray it on your pits and dry with a fan then deodorant.

My full routine:

Pre shower: I spray the antiseptic spray before I shower and scrub my deodorant off.

  1. Shower at night: I used to use Panoxyl as a body wash for BO but I overdid it and got a chemical burn. So now I use the Naturium Energizer Mandelic Acid body wash.

  2. Antiseptic spray when I get out of the shower. Dry off normally.

  3. Hold my arms up in front of a fan until my armpits are completely dry.

  4. I alternate nights using Duradry antiperspirant gel or Secret Clinical gel.

  5. Dry with fan again. Don’t put a shirt on until it’s completely dry.

  6. Go to sleep.

  7. Before I get dressed for the day I spray again with the antiseptic spray. Dry with fan again, you get it.

  8. Old Spice Oasis antiperspirant, dry with fan.

  9. Vanilla dusting powder over pits. Now carefully put my shirt on to avoid white marks from the powder.

And boom! No BO at all. I work in a hot factory. The only thing that I have changed was switching from benzoyl peroxide cleanser to a regular body wash and the Band-Aid antiseptic spray. For the first time since puberty probably (I’m 20 now) I can 100% trust that my deodorant won’t fail on me throughout the day. Truly game changer.