Are You Sure I Don’t Smell ?
I can not help but be extremely impressed that I have made it almost 3 weeks without wearing any deodorant or antiperspirant. I should likely cut down on the obsessive arm pit smelling but I have an obsession with smelling things in general.
I stopped wearing deodorant because I sweat a lot. Hmmmmmmm how does that work?
I sweat everywhere, but my arm pits and back sweat excessively. I looked into getting botox injections in my arm pits but found it as expensive as I did disgusting. I also looked into getting my sweat glands removed but they won’t do it for what I deem to be excessive.
I don’t remember sweating a lot when I was younger, people picked on me for the most idiotic things, I can only imagine that if my shirts had of been dripping wet and covered in yellow stains I would have surely heard about it. Now, as an adult my sweating causes major paranoia and a desire to wear a lot of dark colors. I worry about sweating so much that the worrying makes me sweat. My shirts are constantly being ruined. (not that I need an excuse to buy new clothes) It often feels like I have streams running down my legs in the summer. The worst is after a run. My back will sometimes bead with sweat for HOURS afterwards. Hours.
Adam and a few other friends that I have don’t wear deodorant and none of them reek or even smell bad. With my nose being as strong as it is, it did take me a long time to adjust to Adam not wearing deodorant but now that I have it has paved the way for me to stop wearing it and see if it helps to have the pores open. I wore so much deodorant–I am already a pharmaceutical company’s dream–that I fear my innards will break down well before their time.
It may just be my imagination but I seriously think I am sweating less. It is only mid-May, when summer starts I may be singing a different tune, but until then, smell me later !!
May 19th, 2005 at 12:51 pm
That is very interesting. Please let me know how it goes. But tell me from over there.
May 19th, 2005 at 9:03 pm
I think that antiperspirant falls somewhere between botox and eyebrow tattooing. I know that this post is about deodorant and all but I must polarize everything because I am compulsive this way. I think people smell better…I was gonna say “people smell better without ambergris and aluminum”, but what I mean is “people smell better”. Better than foreign idol, anywayzzz…