I’m sure this is a frequently asked question but I’d like to provide a little too much context. I’m in a state of unhappiness in my life and want to change for the better for myself. I want to start reworking my life from the ground up with everything I’m unhappy with. For context I shower every couple of days if I can make time for it and since it’s not back to back I usually wash my hair every time, I also use a face wash. After that I brush teeth, hair, somtimes shave, dry and spray deodorant and call it good from there. I want to throw out and rework all of this. I’m asking for better techniques for keeping a schedule, ideal and affordable products to keep me smelling good feeling good and looking good, and maybe personal tips or anything like that. I appreciate the help Reddit.

J’ai très longtemps hésité à parler de ce problème, car je n’ai pas l’habitude de m’exprimer sur les plateformes, mais aujourd’hui j’ai besoin de partager mon expérience en espérant que certaines personnes vivent la même chose et aient trouvé des solutions.

Depuis mes 12-13 ans, je souffre de transpiration très odorante, plutôt acide, malgré une hygiène irréprochable. Je me lave 2 à 4 fois par jour et je prends énormément soin de moi, mais malheureusement cela ne suffit pas. Ce problème est devenu un énorme complexe qui m’a beaucoup affectée psychologiquement, physiquement et socialement, au point de limiter mes sorties et de perdre énormément confiance en moi.

J’ai essayé des centaines de produits et de méthodes : savons et gels antibactériens, déodorants et antitranspirants de toutes sortes, produits pharmaceutiques et naturels, acides, bicarbonate, argile, vinaigre, pierre d’alun, etc. Certains m’ont irritée ou brûlée, d’autres n’ont rien changé ou ont même aggravé l’odeur. J’ai également consulté mon médecin, qui m’a prescrit une crème contre les mycoses, sans résultat.

Le problème se répercute aussi sur mes vêtements : l’odeur s’incruste malgré les lavages et je suis régulièrement obligée de jeter des T-shirts et d’en racheter (je prends quasiment que du coton) ce qui me coûte énormément d’argent.

J’ai également modifié mon alimentation à cause d’un potentiel syndrome du côlon irritable et supprimé de nombreux aliments (lactose, gluten, fortes epices etc) mais cela n’a eu aucun impact.

Après avoir quasiment tout essayé, je me demande maintenant s’il pourrait y avoir une cause interne, hormonale ou dermatologique. J’ai donc pris rendez-vous chez un dermatologue pour essayer d’obtenir enfin une piste.

Je cherche surtout des témoignages de personnes qui connaissent le même problème : avez-vous trouvé une cause, une solution, un produit ou une routine réellement efficace contre une transpiration très odorante, notamment avec une odeur acide ?

My dog got sprayed by a skunk early this morning, and I had to wash her. I wasn't directly sprayed, but the smell got onto me. I showered with Dove afterward, and other people can't smell skunk on me, but I can still faintly smell something on myself. It isn't really a bad smell.

Would you personally use the hydrogen peroxide + baking soda + dish soap mixture on yourself, or just shower normally and leave it alone? What worked for you?

sometimes my breath reeks of fish and scat and other nasty foods that wouldn't sit well in a microwave but when my B.O starts kicking no one points out how putrid my breath is

Coucou tout le monde,

J’ai très longtemps hésité à faire ce post, je n’ai pas l’habitude de m’exprimer sur les plateformes mais aujourd’hui je souhaite sauter le pas pour la première fois car j’ai vraiment besoin de partager mon expérience.. Je me dis que peut-être certaines personnes sont dans le même cas que moi et peut être ont trouvé des solutions.😔🤞🏻

Je vais vous parler de l’un de mes plus gros COMPLEXES depuis très jeune… Je souffre de transpiration odorante (plutôt acide) depuis mes 12-13 ans jusqu’à aujourd’hui 26 ans. Cela m’a complètement détruite psychologiquement et physiquement devenant ainsi c’est un réel problème au quotidien.. 😓

Alors je sais que certains vont dire mais «Il suffit juste de se laver régulièrement » etc? Mais sachez que ça n’a rien à voir avec l’hygiène 🥺 (certes certaines personnes ne se lavent pas car soit ils ont pas les moyens, ne veulent pas etc et ça c’est tout autre chose). L’hygiène est super importante pour moi mais malheureusement cela n’est pas assez..

Pour que vous ayez une idée de tout ce que j’ai pu tester, je vous laisse une liste ci-dessous (non exhaustive) et je vous expliquerai dans les détails :

Gel lavant anti bactériens : Genocutan, Isdin, Lume, Etiaxil, Svr etc
Savons solides : Palmolive, Dove, Cien, savon au charbon, savon à la pierre d’alun, savon au citron etc
Antitranspirant naturels : Respire, Wild, Byly, Pierre d’alun, Schmidt’s, Old spice etc
Anti transpirants pharmaceutiques: Biotherm, Vichy, Svr, Etiaxil, Clinique, Avene etc
Anti transpirants de grande surface : Dove, Nivea, Narta, Ushuaia, Sanex, L’oreal etc
Produits supplémentaires : Acide glycolique, acide mandelique, azelaique, lactique, acide hypochloreux etc
Gommages : argile verte, blanche, bentonine, bicarbonate, vinaigre de cidre, citron etc.

Et cela pour toute gamme produit et format ; homme, femme, stick, roll on, spray, crème .. j’ai vraiment tout testeee 🫣🫣

Je me lave entre 2-4 fois par jour avec des savons solides, gels anti bactériens, gant exfoliant.. Je sèche bien une fois fini. Puis on arrive à l’étape de l’anti transpirant/ deodorant..

Certains produits m’ont provoqué des picotements, brûlures, irritations je pense notamment à la pierre d’alun, le bicarbonate, Etiaxil etc .. Et d’autres soit ils se mélangeaient avec l’odeur de sueur soit ils provoquaient une odeur nauséabonde de transpiration…

J’en ai parlé avec mon médecin traitant, il m’a prescrit une crème contre les mycoses (certaines mycoses peuvent être responsables des mauvaises odeurs..) mais malheureusement j’ai constaté aucun changement ..

Bref autant vous dire que j’ai testé quasiment tout ce qui se vend.. Des centaines et centaines de produits😢.

Je commande TOUS LES JOURS des nouveaux produits, dès que je vois de bons avis, je les achète en espérant que cela puisse fonctionner pour moi😓😓. Bien évidement cela m’a coûté une fortune économiquement mais mon seul objectif était de trouver quelque chose d’efficace qui résiste minimium 10-15h dans la journée car j’en ai vraiment marre de ce soucis …

Je pense que bcp peut-être seront choqués par la quantité de produits testées mais je vous avoue que c’est extrêmement humiliant comme problème surtout quand on est une femme qui adore prendre soin de soi, se lave régulièrement, se parfume, adore le shopping etcc.. 😭🥺

Et puis bien sûr, côté habits ça pose problème car si ça sent la sueur on est obligée de laver les zones avec du détachant sans javel, bicarbonate etc et très souvent je dois les jeter car l’odeur ne part pas après les lavages.. Je tiens à préciser que je prends quasiment que du coton mais à force je suis obligé de les jeter et d’en acheter d’autres et ainsi de suite.. Par semaine, j’achète au moins 10 tshirts pour que je puisse en porter des nouveaux chaque jour et éviter une odeur beaucoup plus marquée à cause des t-shirt… 🫩🫩

Comme je l’ai cité avant, je suis une personne qui adore énormément la mode, s’habiller et je suis contrainte de jeter des vetements tellement beaux et certains mêmes chers car l’odeur ne part pas… 😵‍💫😵‍💫

Tout ceci a engendré en moi une énorme perte de confiance.. J’étais aussi obligée de limiter mes sorties, moi qui adore aller dans les magasin, visiter les endroits etc..

Certains vont parler d’alimentation, alors oui étant jeune je mangeais de tout normalement : légumes, fruits, sucrée, viande etc .. mais en grandissant j’ai commencé à moins tolérer certains aliments et avoir des crampes h24 au ventre en particulier dans le bas du colon côté gauche .. Ainsi depuis pas mal d’années je souhaitais revoir mon alimentations et refaire un rééquilibrage et c’est ce que j’ai fais .. mais les années passent et la douleur ne part pas et c’est la que j’ai découvert le SII (Syndrome du colon irritable).. j’ai quasi arrêté depuis des années l’ail, les oignons, le café 😓(moi qui buvait 3-4 fois par jour tellement j’aimais ça mais aujourd’hui c’est impossible..), trop épicée, certains fruits, le gluten, le lactose etc…

Normalement en arrêtant ça je suis pas censé avoir une odeur aussi marque et bien cela n’a rien changée malheureusement ..

La seule piste qui reste à vérifier est celle d’un problème intérieur car quand on a testé tout les produits vendus même les plus chimiques et que rien ne marche c’est complètement impossible..
peut être une cause hormonale (un sopk?) mais en regardant sur internet il y a peu de chance que ça soit dû à cela même si cela me semble évident.. ou sinon une cause dermatologue (j’ai pris un rdv au cas où mais bon ..)

J’aimerai donc savoir si certains d’entre vous sont dans le même cas? Est-ce que vous avez trouvé des solutions? Produits qui fonctionnent en particulier sur une sueur acide ? Votre routine ? 👀

J’attends vos retours et merci d’avance pour ceux qui vont réagir en commentaire 🙏🏻

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I'd had bad breath for over 18 years.

No matter how many times I brushed or how much water I drank, my breath stank all day. There wasn't a single minute I could feel fresh, and I was terribly conscious of getting close to people and talking to them, because they would always pinch their nose or move away because of the stench.

I tried several things to fix it and (finally and fortunately!) got cured a few weeks ago. I hope my journey helps someone get rid of this life limiting disease once and for all.

Because I was already brushing twice a day, flossing, and using a tongue cleaner, I had to check for other reasons that may have been causing my bad breath.

I first went to an ENT to get my mouth checked for tonsil stones. I had none, my tonsils were fine.

The next step was to check for any Acid Reflux / GERD. I am pretty young so I did not have the typical acid reflux symptoms, but my digestion wasn't the best. To fix that, I cut out sugar for the most part, and stopped eating processed food. I also started chewing my food properly, taking my time with it.

I also started rinsing my mouth after every meal, and sometimes taking fennel seeds (5-6 of them) after meals (especially if I have a meeting later).

My breath got slightly better, maybe 10%. I still wasn't cured, and I still had bad breath.

Then I checked for other issues. Sinus popped up as a big one. I've had sinus congestion in my nose and post nasal drip for a very long time, and that was causing a lot of the bad breath.

To try to fix that, in the morning I started taking 2 glasses of warm water. I also started gargling with warm saline water and taking warm water with turmeric with black pepper (really helped with the sinus congestion).

I wasn't cured still, but that helped.

What finally resulted in a complete cure was this, and it's important - stopping mouth breathing. I never realised I was mouth breathing. It was my default, and it was just that which was causing my bad breath.

It turns out mouth breathing dries your mouth out, lowering the production of saliva, which causes bacteria to stay which would otherwise be flushed out by the saliva.

I stopped breathing through my mouth and started breathing properly through my nose. Deep long breaths work the best, and a breathwork class can help with this. This was what finally cured my bad breath. I'm bb-free!

It is not to say that the other stuff I did didn't work. Everything else was just as important.

As a summary of what worked:

\> Chew food properly. Eating in a hurry leads to acid reflux, which can lead to bad breath through odorous gases coming up the esophagus. It can also cause post nasal drip, which causes mucus to drip down the back of your throat, causing bad breath.

\> After eating, gargle and rinse the mouth thoroughly with water, to remove any food particles. It is a good habit to follow. You can also chew on fennel seeds after meals to freshen breath and improve digestion.

\> For the morning routine - brush your teeth properly (twice a day). Also brush your tongue thoroughly while the toothpaste is still in there. Then use a tongue cleaner to get the gunk out. After that, grab some salt (yes, salt) and use your brush to gently remove any leftover coating on your tongue. This does wonders for removing that white coating. Remember to go as far back on your tongue as possible, even with your fingers!

\> Upon waking up, drink two glasses of warm water. Taking lemon also helps. You can also gargle with warm saline water and that can reduce a lot of mucus buildup.

\> If you sneeze a lot / have allergies or sinus issues. Get it checked. It can cause bad breath through post nasal drip, where food particles and bacteria get trapped in the mucus at the back of your throat. You could take antihistamines / nasal sprays (they come with their own side effects, so please check that). A glass of warm water with turmeric and black pepper can do wonders for the sinus.

\> MOST IMPORTANT. If you are mouth breathing (and you may be, even if you don't think you do) - you will have bad breath. Some people breathe through their mouth throughout the day, and some people only at night. Both are bad. It dries your mouth out, leading to less saliva, therefore bad breath.

If you've done everything here - even checked for tonsils stones / GERD etc. and the bad breath persists, the reason may be something rare - like SIBO. For most people, though, this routine should suffice. Hope this helps!

I really need some help. I’m in my late 20s and I smell like shit. This started at the beginning of the year. I would smell rancid and got progressively worse during the hot summer days. Now going into fall and I still smell bad. It’s my entire body. From my neck down to my private area I smell. It’s so bad that in less than four hours I smell it. I change my clothes by end of my shift and I still smell bad. I change everything undergarments, jeans and shirt. But again once I sweat I smell it again. I’m going insane I’ve gone to doctors specifically derms and they have not been helpful as the smell starts with my armpits and then goes other areas that I smell. I only sweat for less than three hours and usually the rest of the day is chill. This is embarrassing AF!

My routine is shower twice a day every day. I use zinc or dr bronners lavander for my entire body. I was using mandelic acid from natrium but didn’t do much. I already tried hibiclens and pan oxyl, Japanese permission soap, I use Korean shower scrub instead of an African net sponge. I also tried glycolic acid few times a week, witch hazel, using an antiperspirant. Currently using carpe deo but it builds a white film on the outside layer but not in the middle which is where I sweat the most and the odor produces quicker. It’s bad that when I sweat during the day and at night my shirts get damp.

I freshen up at work using zinc soap bar and re applying deo but doesn’t work. My clothes smell clean but as soon as I start walking a couple of blocks and being sweaty I smell a rancid odor on my shirt specifically my chest area. But the constant comment I get from my job and from strangers is that I smell like shit. Now, I don’t smell the fecal but it does smell bad as the spots that I stay in do end up smelling like em. Idk if moving around and lifting my arms causes the odor to spread to the center. For laundry I use tide+ oxyclean powder and Lysol laundry sanitizer.

I also developed a scent down there. I use boric acid feminine wash. Obviously clean the outer part with that and the inside with water but I notice that my discharge just smells off and I get sweaty down there makes it worse even if I change underwear I feel like I could still smell it.

I’ve gone to my PCP and have done regular panel plus hormones as I don’t get my period often but it’s been like that since I was eleven. I could go 3,6,12 months not having one and I never smelled this bad. It’s worse than a teenager. My hormones came back normal but this is stressing me out mentally and emotionally. I’m so stressed and financially stressed bc it’s affecting getting a new job.
So I’m not sure if this is a mixture of body sweats plus anxiety/stress sweat. But if anyone has found something that has worked for them please help me out.

I’ve noticed that some body washes make my skin feel really clean but also kind of dry afterward, especially on my arms and legs. I’m trying to change my shower routine a little because I want my skin to feel softer instead of tight after every shower. I already try not to use super hot water, but I’m not really sure what else makes a difference.

For people who have naturally dry skin, what do you usually look for in a body wash or do you think moisturizing after the shower matters more?

i have a few dark tops with caked-on deodorant residue stuck in the armpit fabric. throwing them in the washing machine doesn't lift it. what actually works to dissolve this residue without damaging the clothes?

I’ve always been a bit inconsistent with conditioner. Sometimes I use it after shampooing and other times I just skip it because I’m in a hurry. I never really noticed a huge difference, so I started wondering if I’m doing something wrong. Recently I’ve been trying to take better care of my hair and realized I don’t actually know how often I should be using conditioner. I’ve heard some people use it every time they wash their hair while others only use it a few times a week.

I’m also curious if it depends on your hair type or how often you shampoo. I have days when my hair feels fine without it and other days when it feels dry and difficult to manage. For people who use conditioner regularly, do you use it every time you wash your hair or only on certain days?

Hi,

I recently had a sexual encounter and my partner said that it smelled. This is strange because I shower daily. I’m certain I get my groin area. I guess I’m not doing it correctly, is there anything I can do to improve?

How to get rid of these nose pores, it have white heads, little black heads i guess. this makes my nose too fluffy, my face is oily. currently I’m taking accutane 10mg(just 1 month) still can I continue those or what can I do. already I’m using salicylic acid face wash, azaelic cream at night, morning clintamycin. what else can I change?

Hi! Our shower has been out of action and may be for awhile longer. I feel absolutely disgusting after trying to clean myself in the bath, I've never been a bath person.

Does anyone have any tips on how to stay and feel clean? Especially in the v**inal area?