I did a review on Gillette’s Clinical Strength deodorant and I got a lot of mixed comments about how it has worked from various readers. It seems that Gillette has started a trend and now there are more deodorant manufacturers jumping on the wagon with the Clinical Strength deodorants. I did a little research into some of the different deodorants that are labeled either “Pro Strength” or “Clinical Strength” and I also looked into a couple of other deodorants that are not labeled as such and are the basic run of the line deodorants.
I saw four different deodorants that were labeled “Pro” or Clinical” strength. I found Gillette’s Clinical Strength, Right Guard Clinical Strength, Old Spice Pro Strength, and Degree Clinical Protection. What I found that it doesn’t matter what brand or what they call it, it all has the same active ingredient. Aluminum Zirconium Trichlorohydrex Gly and all of them have 20%. Most normal deodorants have a little less than 20% of this same ingredient. Speed Stick 24/7 has 16.1% and Axe DRY has 17.8%.
If one of the Clinical or Pro strength works for you then the others will as well…and if they don’t then they won’t. With regular deodorants they tell you to “Apply to the underarms only”. I guess they have to say only because some fool out there with zero common sense might try applying it to his forehead to prevent from sweating there. The clinical strength deodorants tell you to apply at bedtime. My question was what about after your morning shower? One of my readers actually called Gillette and asked them about it and he stated that they said even after your shower you should still have protection and do not have to reapply the deodorant. (Thanks “Jensen”)
Some of my readers said that it didn’t work well at all for them and some said that it worked ok and some recommended DRYSOL (Aluminum Chloride Hexahydrate), a prescription medication for severe sweating and generally sells for $16 to $18. A high price for anyone’s underarms, but if you read the article in the link it says you may only have to apply it twice a week.
So before you go and spend $6 to $8 on one of these “Pro/Clinical Strength” deodorants in hopes to stop the flow of unwanted underarm sweat, do a little research. Don’t think that because Gillette’s Clinical Strength didn’t work for you that Old Spice’s Pro Strength or Degree’s Clinical Protection will work better. It’s all the same, it doesn’t matter what scent it is.
One tip I can give you to help deodorant do its job is to trim your underarm hair. If the hair is too thick and/or long then the deodorant can not serve its purpose by being applied to the skin and into the pores.
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