Hardcore Anti-Perspirant

It feels like there has been one non-stop heatwave since June. And Toronto summers are reknowned for their disgusting, greasy horrible humidity. The heat makes your perspire, but the humidity never allows that perspiration to evaporate. So you never feel cool and you always look sweaty.

I am prone to excessive sweatiness, but have always heard mutterings about aluminum in anti-perspirants causing Alzheimer’s. I know that the cause and effect has never really been proven, but I like to keep things as natural as I can. Until this weekend, when I had to change garments three times because I sweat through everything. So I went to the Shopper’s Drug Mart and purchased the hardest , non-prescription stuff that they had — Drysol Extra Strong Anti-Perspirant. According to the instructions, you need only apply it once a day and you can use it on your pits, palms and the soles of the feet.

You do have to let it dry before you can get dressed (for me this meant standing in front of a fan for about five minutes per arm pit). And, at $25 bucks for a 37.5 mL bottle, it ain’t cheap. But the heat has beaten all cheapness out of me. So far, it has worked well on the underarm situation. I wouldn’t say it’s as dry as a desert, but it’s not Niagara Falls either. I feel less self-conscious and icky, and that’s the important thing.