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I am a 53 year old female, I am on hormones. For several years I have had a hard time finding a deodorant/snti perspirant that will keep me from having body odor. I use Mitchum for women every day and even by the time I get to work in the AM I have already ruined by shirt with body odor. In the afternoons I have to go home and wash my underarms and put on a clean shirt and I even smell sometimes before I go to bed. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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different kinds of deodorant

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I would see your doctor a dermatologist as you may need a prescription strength antiperspirant, such as Dry-sol since the regular strength is not helping. Also, just to make sure that there is not any other underlying medical cause as to why this may be occurring as well. But for some, using something stronger like Dry-sol works wonders.

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Reply to Lindie's Post: I have tried Dry-Sol in the past and even thought I had not shaved in over a week, it still stung.

Excessive sweating can be due to a number of causes; such as hormonal, thyroid, stress, side effects to mediations, sugar etc. I don't know your full medical history what tests you may have had done to help rule a medical cause out.

However you do stay it's been this way for several years, did this start to occur when you went into pre-menopause? I would follow up with an endocrinologist.

I'm sure you have tried several kinds, so there is no reason to list some, especially since you have also tried the prescription kind.
Worst case scenario is to have the glands removed.

Hyperhidrosis is a medical condition in which a person sweats excessively and unpredictably.

Here is a site you can read more on this as well.

http://www.sts.org/doc/4097

Hope this helps Hun

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