Undergoing an armpit detox can supposedly help you make the switch to natural deodorant.
Here, derms weigh in on whether or not it’s legit.
Joshua Zeichner, a New York-based dermatologist.
In some cases, this may lead to irritation, inflammation, and disruption of the skin barrier.
What is an armpit detox?
This allows the skin barrier to repair itself and the microbiome to restore itself to a healthy state.
founder of Sumbody
The process of an armpit detox first involves cutting off your antiperspirant use cold turkey.
Do armpit detoxes work?
According to research, its a possibility.
It can be combined with other actives to up its stink-reducing effectiveness.
Just verify to not use full-strength apple cider vinegar for thesealways dilute with water, she says.
The key is to do three parts water to every one part ACV.
The formula, with bamboo charcoal and activated charcoal, is meant to help stymie odor control.
After about a months time, your body will self-regulate and produce less stink.
Thats because sweat itself (secreted from eccrine glands) doesnt carry odor, explains Ballard.
founder of Sumbody
As for why your armpits are more foul-smelling than other parts of your body?
The scent-secreting apocrine glands contain a protein thats key to this breakdown, which results in the funky scent.
I began to wonder if I was expecting too much.
Did it feel a little weird to brush a charcoal mask onto my underarms?
But could it really draw out aluminum and impurity buildup in the pits, as promised?
Thats a little harder to pin down.
The maskdidseem to give my armpits a clean slate, thanks to its skin-tending formula.
This mask contains a combination of skin soothing and hydrating ingredients, notes Zeichner.
But Im pretty psyched about having settled into a less-stinky state.
And if I happen to be optimizing my health by not applying controversial ingredients like aluminum to my skin?
Well, thats pretty sweet, too.
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