Review (5/5): No pain, no gain, right?
For probably 15 years I suffered from severe hyperhidrosis in my underarms. I did it all to try and hide it, two shirts, buying shirts based on what colors won't highlight the sweat marks, grooming of armpit hair, dozens of special anti perspirants, and doing nothing at all. Nothing worked. It could be below freezing outside and my pits would be warm and tropical while I freeze in my t-shirt.
I came across Odaban 5 or so year ago. To get right to the point, this was my cure for hyperhidrosis of the underarm. However, it was not fun.
The first time I used this, I did what I had read. Apply at night to clean underarms and use 1 pump or apply to a cotton swab and apply. If you are a female, do not shave your pits for a couple days before using this. If you are a male, I found it helpful to trim your pit hair down with a #2 trimmer guard on your clippers. Either way, make sure there no cuts or broken skin where this is being applied and that the hair is short. If there is any irritated or broken skin and you apply this, you will not be a happy camper.
This stuff just flat out burns as is. Having irritated skin will just make a bad experience even worse. So, the first night, I couldn't take it. I followed the directions word for word and after bearing with the intense burning sensation for a couple hours, I gave in and ran to the shower to wash it off. The skin in my pits was tender for a couple days and I did not apply any deodorant while I healed.
A few days later, I did the same thing again and it still burned, but I was able to tolerate it and managed to get some sleep that night. The reaction was not as bad as the first night and again, I didn't use any deodorant for the next couple days while my skin had a chance to relax. I waited a few weeks and started using deodorant again to see if there was any change and if it was worth the discomfort I had gone through.
I had some days where that were better than others, but there was a reduction in sweat occurring so I decided to keep using it. I probably used this product a total of a dozen times. The more I used it, the less painful it became, until there was none at all. I was able to use two squirts on each underarm at night and not have any more burning sensation. This whole process took several months but I have now been hyperdrosis free for the past 5 or so years and only had to buy one bottle. Yes, there was discomfort and it was not pleasant, but I am very happy with the end result after dealing with this issue for so many years in my life.
I can now wear just one shirt, a thin shirt of any color and not be embarrassed by gross wet armpits all the time. My white shirts no longer get pit stains. I am confident when in front of people and not always subconsciously terrified of constantly moist pits sweating through my attire. I hope this works for you like it worked for me because hyperhidrosis is the absolute pits.
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