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People Who Don't Wear Deodorant or Seemingly Bathe Regularly, Why? (self.asklemmy)
submitted 11 months ago by Zahille7 to c/[email protected]
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Like, I travel around for work and I've met plenty of people from all backgrounds.

Why is there a demographic of people who don't seemingly bathe regularly, or at the very least wear something to cover up their BO? I could understand if it's an allergy, or even religious reasons (though the people I've met that smell bad are usually you're average American young adult man) but recently (like in the past week, recently) I've met a concerning number of people who don't seem to wear any kind of deodorant or possibly don't even bathe regularly; it's starting to become an issue for me, as I don't even want to interact with them when I can smell them walking up from 3+ feet away yet I need to for work.

Does anyone have any possible insight?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I shower and wear deodorant everyday, but around late afternoon the deodorant just gives out and I start to smell

[–] ThunderWhiskers 10 points 11 months ago

You need a different deodorant. I'm a pretty heavy sweater and changing to Certain DRI "prescription strength" was a game changer for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I had this issue and I started using acne body wash instead of the aveeno I normally use. I use the dove men’s care spray on deodorant and have no issues. Trimming / shaving underarm hair helps as well.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Time for another shower then. In summer I'll take at least 2 showers a day if not 3

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Not always possible, unfortunately. I do my best to shower in the morning and after work before I go anywhere, but if you're catching me in the late afternoon I'll probably be pretty ripe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I find wet wipes handy for that. Just chuck a packet in your pocket, and give yourself a quick wipedown when you're in the stall.

[–] MutilationWave 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You may want to try using an antiperspirant instead of deodorant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I did in the past, been trying to limit the chemicals I put on or in me . Aluminum free deodorant definitely doesn't work as well as antiperspirant+deodorant