The name antiperspirant comes from the English word antiperspiration, which translates as "against sweating."
The most unpleasant and sharp odor appears when sweating out of the axillary basins. As a rule, antiperspirants affect the sweat glands, inhibiting their work. Most antiperspirants include zinc and aluminum salts, which act on the pores in the skin, causing them to taper thereby preventing excessive sweating. The most effective antiperspirants are those that contain such a substance as alumino-chloride-hexahydrate. The concentration of alumino-chloride-hexahydrate 10-15% is used for increased sweating of the axillary basins, 20-40% for sweating of the palms and feet.
In modern antiperspirants, substances that fight bacteria are used, thereby eliminating an unpleasant odor. Sweat is 98% of water, the remaining 2% is made up of organic substances - glucose, hormones, salts. Bacteria interact with organic substances contained in sweat, which is the cause of an unpleasant odor of sweat.
There are several types of antiperspirants: rollers, sticks, sprays, gels. Animeperpirant sprays are very convenient to use, unfortunately, they have a drawback - they are uneconomical in use. Ethyl alcohol, which is very often a part of the spray, not infrequently irritates the sensitive skin, especially after shaving. Currently, manufacturers produce sprays without ethyl alcohol. Compact and easy-to-use antiperspirant sticks. Usually the sticks have a faint smell, which allows you to use perfume. Sticks are also not without flaws, as a rule, they can leave traces on clothes. Especially this disadvantage is noticeable if the clothes are dark in color. Sometimes antipirpers can fall apart, accumulate in the armpits, which, of course, is not an advantage. Convenient and practical are ball deodorants, they are compact, quite economical, and lighter than solid aniperspirants. Ball deodorants are more popular, as they soothe the skin, have anti-inflammatory effect, which makes this type of deodorant ideal for sensitive skin. Just now antiperspirants appeared on the market - gels, which are a new direction of deodorants of this type. Helium deodorants are transparent, do not leave traces on clothing, easily applied to the skin.
One of the biggest drawbacks of antiperspirants is the white spots and stains that remain on clothing and skin after their application. Almost all manufacturers are aware of this shortcoming, in connection with which they develop new deodorant formulas that can get rid of this defect. But to trust loud advertising slogans is not worth it, because to determine whether leaves traces of deodorant or not, you can only by trial and error.
Many modern deodorants, are designed to destroy unpleasant odors, while sweating, they do not have a significant impact. Such deodorants, fight with the growth of bacteria, which provoke unpleasant odors.
In order to increase the effectiveness of antiperspirants, you should know how to apply them correctly. As studies in this field have shown, it is expedient to apply deodorants in the evening or in the morning, or only in the evening. The effect from use will be much higher than if you use an antipersper only in the morning. In order not to irritate the skin, it is necessary to thoroughly rinse the antiperspirant 6-8 hours after its application.
It must be remembered that antiperspirants affect the work of sweat glands, which can cause serious inflamed processes, with excessive use of such deodorants. To prevent this from happening, several rules should be remembered, antipersperant should always be applied to clean and washed skin, do not use deodorant more than 1-2 times a day, use intervals of at least 7 hours, and always thoroughly wash off antiperspirant skin . It is desirable to shave the skin before using antiperspirant. Do not use this product on the beach, as there is a risk of pigmentation on the skin.
As everyone knows, during heavy physical exertion while playing sports, sweat glands begin to actively allocate sweat, this is a natural process, at such times, use this remedy for sweat, is contraindicated, since the body is cleansed of various slags, and the deodorant will prevent it.
Some antiperspirants contain aluminum chloride in their composition, it can reduce sweat secretion, but the constant and prolonged use of this antiperspirant increases the risk of breast cancer. In order to reduce the toxic effect of the aniperspirant on the human body, modern manufacturers use aluminum hydrochloride, which is similar in its characteristics to aluminum chloride.
Now, dear women, you know what is fraught with the use of antiperspirants based on aluminum and zinc salts, so it's best to stop your choice on deodorants that do not contain these salts. It is necessary to use antiperspirants only if necessary, since antiperspirants make it difficult to heat exchange, purify and other processes in the body. Sometimes the best remedy for sweat is simply to wash armpits more often.