[Closed] Stinky Pits

Have you been tested for (Bad) Cat Aids?

Nuke them from Orbit? It's the only way to be sure.....

Is it definitely your pits?

Could it be your clothes?

Shirts are washed daily, work wear is dry cleaned weekly, I suppose it is possible the washing machine isn't washing my shirts very well.

If you are just washing your pits twice a day....there's your problem.

....it's your sweaty aris that's kicking up!!

Trimming the hair helps.

Try sports wash on the shirts - much better at getting rid of BO than normal washing gell.

^ considered that, although last time I did that, I went to far and was reminded of when I shaved my pubes when younger to make them grow back thicker and faster for some reason.

Tried Mitchum?

wouldn't suggest shaving - but defo worth giving them a run over with the clippers

Fungus?

A couple of blokes I knew had pit-fungus. Horrible stuff - could stink out a building.

^ a possibility, I did use to get bad fungus infections on my hand, and a wierd one on my body that took that Noxema shampoo to rid of it, that was fairly regular

Maybe it has migrated to my pits. Why doesn't my crotch smell as much? I can get fairly close for a sniff, and it doesn't smell owt like my pits.

possibly a dietary or nerve thing beyond the already mentioned possible reasons?

eat lots of spicy food? or anxious?

Just give in to it and get a job in Forbidden Planet.

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Maybe it has migrated to my pits. Why doesn't my crotch smell as much? I can get fairly close for a sniff, and it doesn't smell owt like my pits.

Quoted for posterity

(good luck OP)

^ was that the comic book store?

my crotch... I can get fairly close for a sniff

Woah!

That's a little bit TMI there, Houdini...

Yeah - the blokes I knew had the fungus limited to their pits.

Does it glow in the dark?

Woah,!

That's a little bit TMI there, Houdini...

It's another use for the tube of old kitchen rolls.

<bookmarks potential STW classic>

odd question but are you using antiperspirant deodorant at all?

^ I do, nivea black and white spray

Jeyes is way too lightweight, I suggest a bath in

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^ I was considering dettol this evening while washing the dishes. I can't decide if smelling like a care home, or having stinking pits is worse. I think it might be worth a shot though.

Pitrok - Crystal Deodorant or some other mineral based underarm product can help - - however nothing topical can cure bad pits - look at diet and emotional balance - hormonal imbalance a probable factor ..

Emotional balance? So my pits are telling me that the job in Burma I am eyeing up is one I should apply for. I would never have guessed it from that.

I shall continue writing my application then.

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I find spray stuff never works on me. Try the white stick stuff; works much better. And give Mitchum a go! Often on offer in the big T.

I love my own BO

I'm so lonely

I started shaving my pits, makes a big difference. Wazz over them with a beard trimmer, doesn't have to be a chuch job.

Have you been tested for (Bad) Cat Aids?

Did you know, this is an actual thing? I didn't. Watched a TV programme about cats the other day, and they were talking about FIV (feline version of HIV).

to make them grow back thicker and faster

It's an urban myth anyway. They don't come back thicker, just feels coarser because the tips of the hairs have been cut flat.

Did you know, this is an actual thing?

yep, they insist on vaccinating against it, so our two have been done.

Give up washing with soap / detergent.
You're killing the good bacteria & letting the bad ones grow.

I have a few t-shirts that are absolutely howling - wash them at 60 but within an hour of putting them on they're rank - can't get rid of the smell at all, dunno if it's crappy low grade cotton or something that traps the stink bacterions round the pit region - are you talking about new-ish shirts or older ones?

all tailored for me in the last month, Egyptian cotton

Try spraying Lamisil under there for a few days if it's fungal. The doctor can get you much better stuff though.

^ In the interest of keeping people updated, I have trimmed the jungle back, carefully so as to not have to regrow and itch. Showered, using dettol soap followed by dettol liquid soap, and for good measure after getting out, I put some neat Dettol in a small pump bottle I had and gave a quick pump under each pit after drying on a fresh towel, the last bit burns a bit, but hopefully by morning there won't be a pong.

[url= http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/24/9031605/deodorant-antiperspirant-night-time ]When are you applying your antiperspirant[/url]

Modern low-temperature washes don't kill bacteria, it needs to be above 60c to do that. Your armpits have their own bacterial "soup" which you can reduce by washing but you need a deodorant to suppress the bacteria that break down sweat to make a smell. Mitchum is excellent and unperfumed.

If you are stressed and sweating a lot, your pits will get smelly fast.

I use anti bacterial handwash under there....works a treat as kills all the nasty bugs thats stink..

this is bringing back bad memories of a teacher I had who stank so bad you could tell he'd been in a room even after he left
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have we got a solution to the problem of smelly shirts which can't be washed at high temperatures?

you tried an alum block? bought one for shaving purposes and at the time i read theyre good for neutralising odours, i think plenty of people use them for deodarants. just wet it and rub it well into your pits id imagine.

Alum is not a deodorant, it's an anti-perspirant, which works by blocking the sweat glands.

Botox to your armpits to stop you sweating?

(Yes it's a thing, yes it works, and C.O.I. yes I do it)

Fresh today.

Used spray anti persperant before bed, showered, a roll on and I am smelling fresh.

Was it the dettol or the hand soap, who knows, but I no longer stink, today anwyay.

Alcohol hand gel. Job done.

Have you tried doing a handstand in the shower?
It should clean up your stench trench a treat too.

Sorry, whose trench has a stench of tench?

[i]Have you tried doing a handstand in the shower?[/i]

you won't make any friends doing that, just enemas.

Sorry, whose trench has a stench of tench?

Shower normally then clean your armpits with surgical spirit. I'm had that issue for a week once and the surgical spirit did the trick.

try one of the undershirts with antibacterial properties:

http://yathletics.com/

Sorry, whose trench has a stench of tench?

Dame Judy Dench

That wench should lie on a bench, clench and give it a drench

you won't make any friends doing that, just enemas.

*applause*

You would probably stink 12 months a year in Burma 🙂
Sure 48hr stick has done me proud for last few years!!(I hope)

Sure 48hr stick has done me proud for last few years!!(I hope)

Well, it's certainly surpassed its claims by some time!

😀 sorry Sure 24mth!!