[quote]MsM wrote:
Certain Dri; available at Wal-Mart. It’s about $8 in Canada and it will last around 6 months. Try it. I will bet you anything that it works.[/quote]
I’ve tried that one and I actually quit using it because of irritation. The new Gillette product doesn’t cause the same for me at all and they sell it with the other deodorants.
I bet dollars to donuts to that nobody on this thread sweats more than I do. I’ve been known to sweat through a t-shirt and a hoodie during the winter.
Here are some things I’ve learned to avoid being a sweaty, social pariah:
Underarmor undershirts are mandatory.
“anti-perspirants” just make me laugh. Worry mainly about the odor, because ain’t nothing gonna stop the sweat.
If possible, have air circulate where you work.
Get a dehumidifier where you work.
Turn the A/C on. Women – shut your damn mouth and put on a sweater if you’re cold.
Choose the colors and fabrics of your clothes carefully. Light, airy clothing will dry the quickest, but it will also get sweaty the quickest. Heavier fabrics will hide the sweat for a while, but once you sweat through it, it’ll stay damp until you take it off. More expensive fabrics tend to show sweat a lot more than cheaper, coarser fabrics.
Do wear black, white, and dark red. Sweat stains don’t show as badly on these colors.
Avoid gray or blue clothes as often as possible. Sweat stains stand out with these colors and it will look like you ran to work.
Sweating has a cumulative effect on your clothes. The more times you sweat through something, the easier it gets to sweat through it next time.
Wear as little as possible during your drive to work. For unknown reasons, I sweat like a pig while driving, regardless of weather. If you can, obviously this might not be possible, drive to work in shorts and a t-shirt, and then get dressed at work.
Wear as little as possible if you have to walk a great distance to work.
Avoid cheap-ass vinyl seats and chairs as much as possible, unless you want a nasty case of stealth swamp-ass and a ginormous back-stain.
Carry a handkerchief at all times.
Jackets are either always on or always off. Once you put them on, you will have a gigantic pit stain.
Presentable spare shirts in your car and/or your office are mandatory.
You know all those tricks you use to raise your metabolism? Don’t do them if you want to stay dry-ish.
Dry off completely before you get dressed. Do not ever, ever, ever hop out of the shower, towel off, put on your clothes and go. Especially if it’s a hot shower! If you must leave very quickly after you shower, finish your shower with a few seconds under cold water (try to shiver), and then dry off completely. Stand in front of a fan if you have to.
For similar reasons, avoid as much as possible wearing clothes straight out of the dryer that didn’t get totally dry.
I’ve heard good things about baby powder, but have never tried it myself.
Stop worrying about it.
Do as many of these as you can, and you’ll be okay. If it’s really important, and first impressions count, maybe consider a thin wetsuit-type thing underneath your business attire. At least double up your underarmor that day.
[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
This kills me at work considering I am surrounded by nothing but women. If the temperature drops below 75 degrees, every woman in the place starts complaining about how cold they are. Meanwhile, I’ve got water running down my head because they keep turning the air conditioner off.
This mitcham 24hrs roll on shit really does work. My proof is that when I hit the gym I’m sweating everywhere but under my armpits.
Local fire dept. banned any of the compression-type garments. …Something about them melting to our skin based on the materials from which they are constructed. Really, it is just a blanket-type ban that is designed to make the “Safety Committee” feel as though they have a genuine purpose. As well, it was too difficult to write an SOG (Stand. Op. Guideline) that would ban some compression items but not others. It doesn’t help that everyone knows me as the under armor guy and one of my Captains just about killed me when he saw me wearing one under my duty uniform.
I understand the concern but if I am ever that hot underneath my bunker gear, I probably have bigger concerns in life than whether my shirt has a low flashpoint.
Then again, we’d have to actually get fires down here for any of this to be an issue - Hah!
-Patrick
Out of control ass sweat is the WORST!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
tGunslinger wrote:
This kills me at work considering I am surrounded by nothing but women. If the temperature drops below 75 degrees, every woman in the place starts complaining about how cold they are. Meanwhile, I’ve got water running down my head because they keep turning the air conditioner off.[/quote]
There would be war if they kept turning the A/C off.
We have a mutual understanding that they’re allowed to turn it up a little bit a couple of times a day, and that I’m allowed to turn it down a little bit a couple of times a day. But it stays around 70 because nobody at the office wants me to sit there and sweat all day.
“Woman, 72 is not cold! Alaska is cold!”
[quote]Legionnaire wrote:
This mitcham 24hrs roll on shit really does work. My proof is that when I hit the gym I’m sweating everywhere but under my armpits. [/quote]
I used to use Mitchum…worked for a while, but then stopped and also gave me a rash, so I switched to Arm & Hammer. It doesn’t work awesomely, but I always wear white shirts to school, so it doesn’t matter necessarily.
[quote]MsM wrote:
Certain Dri; available at Wal-Mart. It’s about $8 in Canada and it will last around 6 months. Try it. I will bet you anything that it works.[/quote]
It works. Someone below said it can cause irritation, which it can. But I just use it every other night and that solves the irritation problem. Some might need it everynight to really stop excessive underarm sweating but every other night works ok for me.
For scent, use DEODERANT and cologne immediatley after getting out of the shower, while your pores are open. When you sweat, it will release the good scent, and not a bad scent. For bad perspiration, Dr. prescribed Drysol works great, but it can cause discomfort. If the problem is bad enough that you need to post about it, you probably need Drysol.
The stigma about perspiration is ridiculous. You can be the most mellow, kind, nicest person, but if you’re sweaty, especially pit stains, people think there is something wrong with you.
For those who wear underarmor compression shirts, do you still wear them with suits or business attire. I was just wondering how it looks since the underarmor shirts go high to your neck and if your dressed up with your top button unbutton, how would it look? What if maybe you’re wearing a white long sleeve shirt, would it still look appropriate if the shirt is a little see through?
I sweat in the chest and top of my stomach and it is uncomfortable is you’re in a social gathering or work and you’re consciously wondering if its only you who can smell the sweat.
Certain Dri works pretty well but it didn’t completely work. I got a prescription for something called Xerac AC from the dermatologist and used it before bed for a few months and it worked really well. I don’t even wear antiperspirant anymore, just regular deodorant and no longer have a problem with excessive underarm sweating. I also don’t use the Xerac anymore, haven’t used it for a few months now and the problem hasn’t come back.
As for the irritation problems, itching and redness were definitely present but I found that as long as I didn’t apply the Xerac right after I got out of the shower it wasn’t unbearable. Using it every other night also seriously decreased the itching.
Now I just need a solution for back sweat,ass sweat, and sweaty palms and I’ll be good to go… Although the sweaty palms don’t bother me as much as the back and ass problems.
[quote]tGunslinger wrote:
Professor X wrote:
tGunslinger wrote:
This kills me at work considering I am surrounded by nothing but women. If the temperature drops below 75 degrees, every woman in the place starts complaining about how cold they are. Meanwhile, I’ve got water running down my head because they keep turning the air conditioner off.
There would be war if they kept turning the A/C off.
We have a mutual understanding that they’re allowed to turn it up a little bit a couple of times a day, and that I’m allowed to turn it down a little bit a couple of times a day. But it stays around 70 because nobody at the office wants me to sit there and sweat all day.
“Woman, 72 is not cold! Alaska is cold!”[/quote]
Our war is still ongoing. They’ll leave it alone for about an hour or two and then sneak and turn it up as if I won’t notice the extra gallon of sweat I just lost.
[quote]Jetric9 wrote:
For those who wear underarmor compression shirts, do you still wear them with suits or business attire. I was just wondering how it looks since the underarmor shirts go high to your neck and if your dressed up with your top button unbutton, how would it look? What if maybe you’re wearing a white long sleeve shirt, would it still look appropriate if the shirt is a little see through?
I sweat in the chest and top of my stomach and it is uncomfortable is you’re in a social gathering or work and you’re consciously wondering if its only you who can smell the sweat. [/quote]
You need to look at their website. They have V-neck t-shirts as well in sizes up to 3x. They also have tees where the logo is sublimated so it won’t show through other shirts.
I don’t even buy cotton shirts anymore.
I sweat a lot I’m just glad it’s not very hot down here in southern California or I would be in trouble. I sometimes had to bring extra pair of cloths, and keep some deodorant on me.
I need to try that underarmour idea since It gets really bad when any room is hot.
I know it sounds kind of funny, but ass sweat is a bitch. I wear NOTHING but black pants (for dress) khaki and lights are a def. no. I have had this problem for twenty years, tried wearing two pair of underwear, antiperspirant, finally gave up and just went black. Very embarassing but we are all adults here.
UA and Compression fit is also badass for gyno. Just sayin’.
-Patrick
This is the only thing I’ve found that works all day as a deoderant and doesn’t cause any irritation:
For me the main cause is things being tight in the chest/armpits. My chest is only 44" so I can’t imagine how bad it must be for some of you guys who are 50"+.
I’m going to try the under armour idea.
Why do women get cold so easily?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Brazen T wrote:
Just curious…to whoever said UA is banned at their work, what do you do?
I was wondering that as well. The military has them in every BX store. They are now an approved part of the uniform. Whatever job has banned them must be really out of touch.[/quote]
It is probably an odor concern, some of the synthetics really stink.