Scanner
Your daily cup of WTF?
ScreenGrab
The Nerve Film Blog
Slice
Each month a new artist; each image a new angle. This month: M. Sharkey.
ScreenGrab
The Nerve Film Blog
Autumn
A fashionable L.A. photo editor exploring all manner of hyper-sexual girls down south.
The Modern Materialist
Almost everything you want.
Paper Airplane Crush
A San Francisco photographer on the eternal search for the girls of summer.
Rose & Olive
Houston neighbors pull back the curtains and expose each other's lives.
chase
The creator of Supercult.com poses his pretty posse.
The Remote Island
Nerve's TV blog.
Brandonland
A California boy capturing beach parties, sunsets and plenty of skin.
61 Frames Per Second
Smarter gaming.
Date Machine
Putting your baggage to good use.

The Modern Materialist

Get Rid of Sweat Stains... Permanently

Posted by Alex Zalben


Some of you might be grossed out by this post, so my apologies, but here it goes: Up until very recently, I was a hugely sweaty guy. No particular reason, I just get very warm, especially in the summer. However, my biggest problem was that I sweat a lot in my pits area, which made it pretty embarrassing to, you know, go outside.

I tried a number of antiperspirants over the past, oh, say, fifteen years, but nothing worked. Until the other day, when I found the key to stopping my sweat stains, permanently.

I ran out of my regular deodorant, and happened to have a spare Tom’s of Maine natural deodorant lying around, so I used that. That day, no sweat stains. Nothing. I thought it was a fluke, but just in case, kept using the ToM. Again, the next day, no sweat, nothing.

This is now two weeks out, and every day I check to see if I have even the tiniest sweat stain in my pit area, and I got nothing. After fifteen years of feeling uncomfortable about this, I don’t have to think about it anymore, and as far as I can tell, it’s all because I was using a non-natural deodorant.

I share this info not to get you into my personal life, or gross you guys out, but just in case another guy (or girl) out there has a similar problem, and never thought of trying this solution. Seriously, it’s kind of life changing.

You can pick up Tom’s of Maine in a variety of scents at most drug stores.

[Tom's of Maine]


Comments

xxsodaboy said:

The recent issue of Esquire gives Tom's of Maine lots of praise, and Modern Materialist does too--within weeks of reading the article? I'm throwing out my Degree today.

June 20, 2008 2:29 PM

Mandy said:

Awwwww--that's so sweet. I'm glad you found something that works. I've been wanting to try Tom's of Maine for a while now, just because it's all-natural, but I figured it wouldn't work. I'll be getting it now. :)

June 20, 2008 2:38 PM

Alex Zalben said:

Hey, thanks guys... This post made me very weirdly uncomfortable; I was worried people would be grossed out, or something, and then get angry at me... I don't know.

So I really appreciate your comments :)

June 20, 2008 2:47 PM

Neanderstaal said:

If this stuff works, I'm coming to New York to give you a big pit-stain free hug.

June 20, 2008 3:08 PM

brainathan said:

Try drysol! My boyfriend was gross and sweaty and this stuff cured him. He got a prescription, but you can buy it online. Put it under your arms at night and you completely stop sweating there after a few days. I love to spread the good word.

http://www.buydrysol.com/

June 20, 2008 7:08 PM

brainathan said:

Oh! and for girls- try Secret clinical strength. It isn't as strong, but you can get it at Walgreens. It works the same way as Drysol.

June 20, 2008 7:10 PM

JMC said:

Hyperhydrosis has always been a problem for me during the summer humid weather climate areas.  But withstanding removing sweat glands surgically, is there any all over body type of OTC that can be found?  Not just for the under the arm pit area, which even a little Speed Stick 24/7 Gel works for me.

June 21, 2008 1:15 AM

in

Archives

  • July 2008 (421)
  • June 2008 (404)
  • May 2008 (396)
  • April 2008 (394)
  • March 2008 (387)
  • about the blogger

    Alex Zalben is a writer living in New York City. He's written for McSweeney's, Modern Humorist and PulpSecret.com. As one-fifth of the sketch comedy group Elephant Larry, he has been written up in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, and pretty much every other major publication. Their blog was named one of PC Magazine's Top Blogs for 2007, and they recently won an ECNY Award for their viral short, "Minesweeper: The Movie." Alex did not know love until he bought his first Mac.

    Steph Auteri is a freelance writer and proofreader who has been published in Publishers Weekly, New York Press, Playgirl, and other bastions of fine writing. She maintains a professional site http://www.stephiswrite.com, and also blogs about freelancing over at Freelancedom. You can keep up on her day-to-day by visiting her Twitter page.

    Diana Vilibert is a freelance writer, among other things. Born in Lithuania, she now lives in New Jersey, where she doesn't have to walk to work ten miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill both ways. Diana cannot afford most of the products she writes about because she buys too many pairs of heels to make up for her shoeless childhood. She's written for MarieClaire.com, Janemag.com, and CosmoGIRL!.

    Shaun Seneviratne is a dude just like anyone else. Just your average guy that raps Bone Thugs-n-Harmony to strangers on the subway at 4 a.m., doesn't chew his food because he believes it's a waste of time, and sleeps next to a scale replica of the Ghostbusters headquarters. He can rest easy knowing Egon, Peter, Ray, and Winston have his back. He currently lives in northern New Jersey, plays bass in Rapid Cities, and recently started a tumblr.

    Laureen Mahler is a writer and editor who lives in California, where the sun never sets and everyone rollerskates to work. She coedits Beeswax Magazine and spends the remainder of her time as a freelance writer and letterpresser. She truly believes that someday she will master the ultimate multitask of blogging while letterpressing, though that might mean that she'll need a second pair of arms.

    Send tips to modernmaterialist@nerve.com