noticing slight BO

The Bollox

hey all. I would considir myself a clean person, I shower at least once a day and do a fairly thorough job of it. However recently I am noticing a bo smell from my armpits at night. I would wear the same clothes maybe for 2 days, which I think is fairly normal, for a guy anyway. What I am asking is are there any steps someone could take to nip this bo problem in the bud. My father has a bit of a problem, like after work he does smell a bit and I don't want to be like that. any constructive help would be appreciated

LundiMardi

Try changing your clothes every day. I'm a guy and i don't wear the same clothes 2 days in a row, especially when going to work. It's different if lazing about though.

dame

Do you use deodorant? If you're washing thoroughly at least once a day and every time you exercise, then you shouldn't have a problem really. It's possible you're noticing it yourself (because you're afraid of smelling like your father), but that others don't smell it from you. A slight bit of a whiff after hard labour is to be expected. It just needs to be washed off and clothes changed regularly.

The Bollox

oh I don't wear the clothes I work in twice, just my casual clothes.

I do use deoderant and it helps. I dunno maybe it is just me being a little paranoid, but it's one of those things you do worry about

kmick

You are probably dehydrated. Try drinking 2 lires of water over the day. You will sweat/pee more but it will be less stinky/yellow.

The Bollox

I do drink a fair bit of water, but not as much as I should, I drink more milk, I can't get enough of the stuff. does tea count as drinking water? lol

kmick

Tea is a diaretic like coffee - makes you pee more and dehydrates you even further. Also you may think this is weird but I also adore milk cant get enough of the stuff. Turns out Im slightly allergic to it. The signs are you drink it and are sneezing, snotty, stuffed up, bloated, windy etc. Anyway drink more water and less tea/coffee. Then if you have any of those symptoms consider an allergy test. One of the things they say is that you crave things you are slightly intolerant to.

The Bollox

oh dear, lol. I have had a blocked nostrel for a long time now, it alternates between them, I took it as a cold or something, I'm worried now, I love milk! *shakes fist in the air* damn you!!

kmick

yeah its screwed up I ate a lot of cereal and now all I can have is soya milk - I was sad the day they told me but I got over it.

Catari Jaguar

mmm... soya milk...

OP, try carrying around some wet wipes in your bag to wash your pits and some spray deodorant. Nip to the nearest jax, and hey presto! Fresh as a daisy.

Advice from askmen.com

The worst B.O.-inducing foods include anything hot and spicy, such as Mexican or Indian dishes, or foods loaded with carbohydrates. The worst liquid offenders are coffee and liquor.

And here's another link to B.O. remedies
http://www.health911.com/remedies/rem_bodyo.htm

The Bollox

lol, sounds kinda gay, but I suppose it's worth a try on a night out on the pull, lol.

can anything bad happen if you are allergic, but drink it anyway, y'know apart from the stuffyness?

kmick

it will get worse over time - stomach cramps etc

The Bollox

ah feck! why are all the good thinks in life bad for us?

thanks for the link, Lil Kitten

dame

kmick wrote:

it will get worse over time - stomach cramps etc

And you'll get diarroeia (however that's actually spelled)

Paulj

make sure your deoderant is 'anti-perspirant' which actually prevents the smell instead of just covering it up.

Blub2k4

Get to the chemist and get yourself a Thai crystal deodorant stone.
I've been using them for about ten years now and haven't had a whiff of BO in that time. One stone will last you about 2 years and they cost about 6 euros, absolutely brilliant, most chemists have them these days.

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&q=thai%20deodorant%20stone&btnG=Google+Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

have a look at the images there, the ones you normally get here are the ones in the hard plastic tube.

Faith123

that Thai cyrstal stone sounds brill.
definately going to give it a go.

thanks!

Miss Fluff

You should change your clothes every day, regardless of whether it's casual or work wear. Mitchum Deoderant is also very good, strongest non-medicated one out there and apply morning and night.

The Bollox

Blub2k4 wrote:

Get to the chemist and get yourself a Thai crystal deodorant stone.
I've been using them for about ten years now and haven't had a whiff of BO in that time. One stone will last you about 2 years and they cost about 6 euros, absolutely brilliant, most chemists have them these days.

http://images.google.ie/images?hl=en&q=thai%20deodorant%20stone&btnG=Google+Search&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

have a look at the images there, the ones you normally get here are the ones in the hard plastic tube.

this really got my attention. I'll have to give it a go. thanks a lot

kaalgat

Make sure the deodorant you buy says "anti-perspirant"

Muzzy

Sweat and BO are in actual fact Bacteria, try picking up some anti-bacteria shower gels, they will go along way in sorting out any problems.