Antiperspirant has long been the punching bag of the personal-care world: It's been slammed with claims about how it causes Alzheimer's and breast cancer, it's been blacklisted by crusading hippies, and it's been the subject of many "please forward to everyone you know" emails. It's true that long before people were wondering what was in their shampoo, they were a little nervous about their deodorant or antiperspirant. And yet we all use it, every day, and for good reason: Smelling sucks.
But even as the viral scares have died down, many experts still think we're better off not using the stuff. In order to better understand why, it's helpful to look at some of the main ingredients used in them and figure out what, if anything, there is to be scared about. Then the better part: what to use instead.(Unsurprisingly, almost all antiperspirants use roughly the same ingredients, so we've surveyed a particularly popular men's, a women's, and a unisex and assessed the most commonly used and controversial ingredients.)
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