Deodorant to prevent bikini bumps from shaving?

I've read that this is an old stripper trick. Does it really work?
What kind of deodorant would be best? Should it have anti–perspirant in it?
Should it be a stick or roll–on?
Thanks.

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:44:11 GMT, "LaurenM" <laur...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Yes, this works.
It SHOULD be an anti–perspirant... the "deoderant" chemicals really
don't matter. As an anti–perspirant, it seems to work by the active
chemicals (zinc compounds?) closing the poors (to prevent sweating)
which in this usage "tightens up" the "walls" of the hair follicle and
reduces the chances of the shaved hair from growing/cutting into the
skin and causing inflammation. (if the pore is "tight", then the hair
can only grow up and out instead of floundering and in–growing).
I don't think the application method matters (stick or roll–on) – just
that it has the zinc compounds that cause the constriction in the
pore.
My wife and I heard about this first in this newsgroup 5 years ago or
so... and it does indeed work.

Insouciant wrote:
It may work, but I am not sure it is a good idea. I don't know about
everyone else, but if I put on anti perspirant within a few hours of
shaving, it HURTS and gets red, bumpy and itchy. I don't see how that
would be any more attractive than bikini bumps! A lot of holistic health
people will not wear antiperspirant because the aluminum does clog the
pores. I used to think this was sort of a silly idea, but now know two
women who developed infections from deodorant. Both had to go to the
hospital with intense swelling, and one woman actually had to have her
sweat glands removed because the infection was so bad.
mjoann

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:21:02 GMT, mjoann <xtcmusic...@netscape.com>
wrote:
Definately then someone contemplating this should check into it more.
I think you're right – it might be the aluminum compounds, not zinc as
I mentioned (faultily remembered?) which close up the pores and hair
folicles.
We found that the anti–perspirent did work, but wasn't needed after
the skin "got used" to being shaved. It really does help the first
few weeks though. Since shaving some areas is somewhat seasonal,
every once in a while either my wife or I use anti–perspirent again
briefly for a few days.
The use of TendSkin should also be mentioned. As well as standard
shaving tips like have the area warm and relazed (shower), use a NEW
(sharp) razor, go over an area only ONCE with the "grain" (even if not
all the hair comes off – LEAVE IT ALONE until the next day), etc.
After it gets used to being shaved, you can cut "into the hair" or go
back over an area with another stroke of the razor but doing this will
tend to aggravate and promote bumps if you are not toughened up yet.