A recommendation for the sweaty months ahead – Perspirex antiperspirant

Not sure I can add a link, but you can get this product Perspirex on iDrugStore and Rakuten, maybe a few other places. I think it’s a Danish product, there are a couple of brands out there with the same thing.

It’s not cheap – a tiny 50mL roll on of the extra strength cost me about ¥2200 but it’s worth it.

Basically it’s aluminium that clogs you up and stops your pits sweating ⇉ no smell.
(I don’t want to get into the supposed pros and cons of aluminium, if you don’t wanna use it don’t use it).

You put it on at night after your shower every night for a week, then every second night for a week, and then you only need it once or twice a week as a top up.

Just went for a bike ride in the 30°C sun and my pits are dry as a bone.

13 comments
  1. You can buy speedstick on Mercari etc shipped from Okinawa (I assume it’s sold on base).

  2. > Basically it’s aluminum that clogs you up and stops your pits from sweating

    I’m not a doctor but that sounds like the opposite of healthy.

  3. I also went for a bike ride today, I just coated myself in Aryan yogurt drink.
    I arrived home sweaty and still coated in dried Aryan yogurt… 😊.

  4. >Basically it’s aluminium that clogs you up and stops your pits sweating ⇉ no smell.

    OP I think most, if not all, anti-perspirants contain aluminium salts. This isn’t unique to this brand.

  5. Non-deodorant related, but those frozen pet bottles of tea wrapped in a small towel can act like a reverse hot water bottle. Stops the problem at the source.

  6. At Shimamura, and I’m sure at similar stores, they sell padded undershirts. This helps in keeping the sweat from your shirt. I’d take being a bit smelly, which I try to cover with deodorant, over the look of sweaty armpits.

  7. Recently discovered crystal deo sticks and I’m never going back. It’s literally just salt but works amazing

  8. These comments ☠️

    Use deodorant unless you want to smell like a rotten pizza

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