If I have a particular stinky few days, I will soap the heck out of my pits in the shower, then let it sit there while I do the rest of my body. That works for me (:
foggy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yo that’s funny. Maybe twice in my 20s I had a bout where I was like “damn my pits stank”
I basically unscientifically concluded that I had soaked my armpit hair in smelly armpit sweat, and every time e the armpit hair got sweaty it was releasing a stale stench. Like the hairs themselves were the problem, I figured.
So I trimmed my armpit hair.
Problem solved, both times.
Then in my 30s, a bandmate was like “yo my armpits stank” and I was like “homie it sounds odd but just trim your pits.” Worked for him too.
So, my unscientific alternative, faster solution is to just shave your pits.
wellee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 months ago
In other words, you make sure you clean your body well.
VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Lemmy really is the place to learn!
MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Huh, I’m going to try shaving my armpits. I’m a smelly guy and I seem to need to use a lot of deodorant to keep it under control.
foggy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just use a beard trimmer, you do t gotta go all the way.
Ingrown hairs in your armpit are bad news
hamid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You actually do to get rid of this, it colonizes the follicle. I’ve shaved my armpits for like 20 years and never once had an ingrown hair as does like most women in the US
foggy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s because you’ve shave that hair for 20 years.
Hair that isn’t normally shaved poses a greater risk for ingrown hairs.
To reiterate, in grown hair in your armpit is awful. It will get infected unless you wear tank tops all the time, and an infection near all the nerve endings in your arm put causes for a seriously painful time. It can all be avoided by just trimming without going down to the skin.
If you do go down to the skin on an area you’ve never shaved before, you’d be wise to do so using conditioner on your armpits instead of shaving cream. You’d also be wise to apply aftershave afterwards.
But you’re right. Just as most men don’t get in grown hairs in their face from shaving after the first 3 or 4 shaves, you are fine, given that hair in your armpit is basically expecting to be shaved.
wellee@lemmy.world 2 months ago
All the women I know get ingrown hairs lol
hi_its_me@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I recently read an actual scientific study that found a direct correlation between smell and the length of armpit hair. So your unscientific hypothesis is actually backed by science. I’m too lazy to look up the source though.
Infynis@midwest.social 2 months ago
That’s what armpit hair is supposed to do. Pubes as well. They’re pheromone transmitters
victorz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Crazy to think that stench is supposed to be alluring. Is that the takeaway here? It’s more like a repellent in my mind.
BlackAura@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Pretty sure I read about a study where they found people that “stink” are genetically close to you, like relatives and people you shouldn’t procreate with.
People who smell nice are genetically diverse.