• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    Who the hell is buying all this 48h deodorant? I do not understand. Are there that many people out there that don’t get a chance to re apply or take a shower and wash it off anyway within 24h? The 48h deodorant craze has me really worried about what’s happening to work life balance in the US. Is 48h deodorant as popular in other countries? Or are there people that are just like, Oh, twice as many chemicals as I need? Sounds great! Let me put that on my body right near my axillary lymph nodes every 24h just for shits??

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      6 days ago

      i get the antiperspirant deodorant with the most aluminum salts, and it happens to be 96h. I don’t know if it truly holds for 96h because I shower daily and I also know that aluminum salts might contribute to issues later in life (or at least there used to be lots of scary headlines about aluminum salts and cancer, but that seems to have subsided a bit and nowadays the consensus is that they’re not an issue, at least without a causal link), but I truly hate the feel of sweat on my skin. Aluminum salts block the sweat glands so sweat can’t come out, and they’re truly effective.

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      6 days ago

      I have 72 hour deodorant, and I like it. My showering schedule is determined by how often I sweat. In the winter, as long as nothing made me sweat, I only shower every other other day. In the summer it’s usually every day or every other. Showering every day can be an issue for people with dry skin.

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          5 days ago

          Well I only apply it after getting out of the shower, so that simplifies it. If I end up showering more than once in a 72 hour period that means it gets reapplied before the 72 hours have passed.

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        6 days ago

        I just find it odd that that’s even attractive. Perhaps these are the same people that just turn their thermostat to 90F when they are cold.

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      6 days ago

      Agreed. Normal bathroom soap is usually enough to clean and scent the pits. I just want something that will last a few hours before I do the same at bedtime.

      72hrs with some strange chemical clogging up my sweat glands doesnt sound good, healthwise