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In my old job they used to say that I stink. They would tell me that I should have a shower every morning. Thank you captain obvious! I already shower every morning. They'd tell me that I should use deodorant. Thank you captain obvious! I already use enough deodorant to asphyxiate a rhinoceros.

But over the course of the whole work day it makes no difference. On a hot day, even half an hour after I showered and applied copious quantities of deoderent, I'm drenched in sweat and reeking of BO.

The only difference with my new job is that they're too polite to say anything. But they're thinking it. Perspiration was an excellent way to keep cool on the Savanah but it's incompatible with full body clothing and there's no breeze indoors. Unless I stand naked on a windswept plain the sweat just pools up in my clothing.

What can I do? Deodorant is ineffective for me. I need to either stop myself from sweating or make it so that the sweat doesn't feed the bacteria that produces BO gas. How can I achieve one of these goals?

It's a possibility that it's a sign you're intolerant to some foods your eating. The body might be reacting by sweating out toxins it doesn't want in it.

Examples of what it could be:

Gluten intolerance (wheat, barley, rye)
Dairy intolerance (milk, yoghurt, cheese)
Nightshade intolerance (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, chilli peppers, paprika)
Yeast intolerance (bread, beer, wine, pastries, an additive in some snacks)

If you have food intolerances the body will try to sweat out the foods as a self-defence mechanism.

^ That's a good point. I'll ask my doctor. I hope they have a way to test for all forms of food intolerance at once.

I suspect I may be lactose intolerant.

It may also be the soap &/or deodorant.

I use rock salt deodorant. It works great. No spray, which choked me up or sloppy roll-ons for me.

Definitely ask your doctor. I used to perspire quite heavily. It was horrible. I used to wear a suit jacket even when it was hot in order to hide the wet. I saw a doctor once to discuss having the sweat glands removed. Being vain, the photos of the potential scarring turned me off a cousin with the same condition did have the surgery and thought it was worth it. Now you can get botox injections.

I agree with brightonpete 100%. I used to have any deodorant I felt like but now use the rock salt deodorant too. The science behind it is the salt helps stop the growth of the smelly bacteria. Similar to how salt used to be spread on fish and meat to store it before there were fridges.

I useta work in a hospital and they [young skinny nurses] cranked the temperature to the mid-80s and complained still that they were "cold." pantywaists. I sweat like a pig in that environment and they insisted that I was ill. they kept telling me my thyroid was overactive, nevermind that they were not doctors and that I had already been checked for that.

Aunt blabby

More than one instructor told me that I was cold. (Temperature)

And made me put on the instructors sweatshirt

Last week, I was so cold, I was itching and could not do anything else

Nobody else appeared cold

mebbe we shoulda traded places.

There's a disorder called Hyperhidrosis that involves excessive sweating. There's various treatments for it including meds. I'm on one of the meds that is sometimes used to treat it. I'm on it so I don't wake up having to pee as much. The med I'm on is Ditropan/Oxybutynin. I notice I'm not sweating as much as I used to on it which was pretty easily sometimes & I haven't really noticed any side effects. Talk to a doc about your sweating

Retro, can you tell me more of the conditions of your workplace? like was it an overheated hospital like what I used to work in? outside in the summer heat? I gots to know.

The temperature is in the low 20s. It's slightly stuffy. Some of the women complaint about it being too cold in summer.

I forgot to mention something RetroGamer, I asked my doctor for an intolerance/allergy test and they did it and it came back saying I didn't have any intolerances. My own experience tells me differently. So just a heads up to you really that the medical profession isn't always on top of things with their tests, some of the tests are not as sophisticated as people think.

ah, about 70F then. slightly stuffy unless one is wearing almost no clothing.

Unfortunately no clothing is not permitted by the dress code.

almost no clothing. such as "Friday casual." I wore a thin shirt sans T or tank top undershirt, thin trousers, thin shoes, and also had a compact fan I kept under my desk. all the rest of the pantywaists were wearing sweaters in the mid-80s heat. you'd think they were used to living in a blast furnace.