I've been using Certain Dri since I was in my teens and it has been a lifesaver. All my friends are now addicted to it too. Btw, it's sold in most drugstores (CVS etc), so no shipping charges to pay. I think it's around $7 now. Would definitely recommend it.

And yes, shaving or at least trimming the hair short (what my guy friends do) helps a lot - in part because the deodorant you're applying is actually coming more in contact with the skin than the hair.

Hey Lesshair,

Yeah - this forum states not to ask questions, so your post helps to serve that purpose and get it back on track.

I've been thinking a LOT lately on what to say in the unlikely event that someone notices that I have no underarm hair.

My thinking at this point is - I'll just simply tell them the TRUTH. That it has cut down heavily on odor and is a lot easier to wash.. ..That I have to use far less product, so it makes economical sense too.
If they get juvenile - and I don't think they would anymore - I'll just say something like "F**k you, stinky ape boy!"


The main problem with most powders is that they tend to smell kinda 'girly' - the other problem being that I don't think they would last long anyway in order to justify the added cost.
It may be due to the fact that I should just get used to it and 'suck it up', as Monk's assistant has said on the TV show.


And thanks, Lagirl - I will definitely pick up some of that Certain Dri to check it out. Perhaps I'll be able to go a week or three without showering, hey?? <evil grin> (Just kidding, of course.)

The one I listed is Potassium Alum and Aloe Vera. The maker says they create their Potassium Alum using Potassium and Chromium and that no aluminum is used in their product. They claim the action of the product is that it is an astringent that keeps the bacteria from building up and thus fights odor that way.

It should also be noted that antiperspirants all act by clogging the pores and are absorbed by the buy in an effort to clear them. This requires the kidney, liver and the blood brain barrier to encounter the ingredients of your antiperspirant, and is one reason sited for things like Alzheimer's and Parkenson's as the aluminum chlorohydrate mixes with the fluoride and chlorine found in toothpasts and municipal water supplies. People forget that while one thing may be relatively harmless, when combined with other things, a new deadly cumulative threat may be created. You are told not to swallow toothpast, mouthwashes, and tooth whiteners because they are toxic, but if you are putting them in your mouth, they are being absorbed into your blood through the mucus membrain tissues under the tongue and the back and sides of the mouth anyway.

Floride is a good example. One is supposed to avoid fluoride in excess of 1 ppm in a litre of water, but most municipal water supplies are floridated at 0.5 ppm - 1ppm, so anyone drinking a gallon of municipal water per day may as well be in one of Hitler's concentration camps for all the fluoride they are getting per day. Add to that the fluoride in their favorite toothpaste, and that number of daily exposure increases. Fluoride is also in many popular mouthwashes, and some people even do fluoride rinses on top of all this. Some people are exposing themselves to levels of fluoride that could be measured in milligrams, or even grams per day at this rate.

The formula for chromium potassium alum is CrK(SO4)2.12H20, and the MSDS can be found at:
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/C4367.htm

The formula for common potassium alum (with aluminum) is KAl(SO4)2·12(H2O). The MSDS can be found at:
http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/a2856.htm