ANTIPERSPIRANT WORKS BY clogging sweat ducts so moisture–sweat–can’t escape from your body. The natural way a lot of us use it would be in the morning straight after our showers.
So why oh why do we always end up like this after an hour or two of rushing around in the heat?
Well recently, Chris Plante of The Verge found out he (along with most of us) was doing it ALL WRONG.
Unlike using a simple odor-masking deodorant, you’ve got to apply an antiperspirant before bed. Yes, this will involve changing your entire belief system, but it will be worth it in the end. Don’t worry about your morning shower washing it away, once it sets in your pores, it should last its advertised 24 hours.
According to Consumer Reports, many clinical-strength antiperspirants come with instructions to apply before bed to ensure maximum protection.
At night, when people perspire less, more of the antiperspirant’s aluminum-based active ingredient is pulled into the sweat ducts. Because there’s more antiperspirant present, it more effectively plugs pores.
And if you don’t start seeing results straight away, don’t give up.
Dermatologist Zoe Diana claims that the biggest reason antiperspirants fail is because they aren’t on the skin long enough “to produce a coagulated keratin plug in the sweat duct to inhibit the release of sweat onto the skin surface” and must be used for 10 days in a row to achieve such a plug.
It’s blowing minds.
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Yes, go forth with this knowledge and prosper in dryness.
