Bad breath remedies?????? 10 POINTS!?
I brush my teeth and my tongue every morning, and I use mouthwash and leave for school with mint gum in my mouth. About an hour or so later, there is a bad breath taste, and I don't want to talk, because I know it kind of stinks. What can I do? I'm really self-conscious about it.
Also, my armpits sweat quite a bit. I usually have to wear a different shirt instead of the harder plasticy fabric shirts that everyone else wears so it doesn't show. I have tried 3 kinds of deodorant-antipersperants, and they are OK, but they're aren't taking care of the job. What can I do? Someone suggested Drysol antipersperant. What should I do about this?
One more thing. My feet are pretty smelly when I take my sneakers off. And my feet sweat when I wear a certain pair of flip-flops that I really like. What can I do to stop the sweating?
I am 14. I never used to sweat like this and have bad breath like this before I hit puberty. Will it stay? Or will it pass? Thank you SOOO much!
Most of these will eventually pass, but in the meantime…
For the breath; for starters, don't chew gum. Chewing gum builds acids in your stomach that can make you feel bloated and even nauseated and the horridness of it all moves into your breath. Try actual hard mints, those are better, and the ones that don't last long in your mouth are even better. There are these small paper-thin mints that are excellent, especially when you know you're going to go talk to someone.
The armpits; go to the pharmacy and tell the pharmacist about it. There is a particular deodorant that you put on once a night or something that kind of stings like hell for about twenty minutes but is good at keeping the sweats off mostly during the day. My mother has this problem and this seemed to help her.
As for feet, there's a powder you can put under your feet and in your shoes. This I know from dealing with athletic friends, and they found that this helped.
All these are things you can get from a pharmacy. But you're young and you just hit puberty so things like this are bound to happen. Good luck.
IM on drysol and i hardly sweat at all anymore……but theres a catch!It makes your armpits itch and get a rash.But its better than sweating i guess.
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Tea theres stuff in tea that breaks down the bactiria that gives you bad breath
avoid coffee
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You ask a very long question for a person who is 14. Anyway, you might be interested to know that the tongue is the major cause of bad breath because of the bacteria that is there. You can often see this bacteria as "white stuff", especially on the back of your tongue. This must be cleaned off to get rid of bad breath. Mints and gum will cover up bad breath for a short time but these products do not cure bad breath. I use OraBrush tongue cleaner because it is both a brush and a scraper. I now have kissing sweet fresh breath.
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http://www.orabrush.com