Got a wonderful tip from my naturopath when i started getting tiny lumps under my arms months before raw and he said it was blocked ducts from my pregancy and forgot what else. He said to cut lemon in half put it in the warm water let some juice come out and rub it under the arms whilst in the bath or shower.
This unclogs the pores as some deodorants block it and causes those nasty little lumps. I did it and within a week the lumps were gone but i noticed i didnt need to wear deodorant either as it got rid of the smelly sweaty summer underarm stink. Excellent for pubic areas where it sweats. Good for guys itchy jocks lol.

It may sting a little if you have shaved but its well worth it. Geez nature has really left us everything. 

that sounds really cool, i'll give it a go

oh did you rub the lemon straight onto the underarm?

so you rinse it off after youve rubbed it on? i'm going to buy a lemon now.

everytime i buy a house i fill the gardens with fruit trees and i haven't stayed any longer than 8 years yet so just as i'm getting to reap big benefits i move on, but i guess the next owners get the great years and i have found all who have bought off me that it was one of the factors in their buying the house.

My neighbours mango tree hangs over our fence and we are on the afternoon sun side of the tree. Guess who just got a whole tray of super large mangoes for free! Yee har. We did offer some back to the neighbors but they weren't interested. Ok!

xoxox

I have recently been using your suggestion of lemon juice as deodorant and it has been excellent.

I must admit, when I first read your post back in November I was highly sceptical.

I tend to sweat a lot and get whiffy really easily, so I didn’t think this method would be suitable for me.

Anyway I decided to give it a go because I had developed a nasty on-going rash from my deodorant.

These are the steps I took every morning:

Squeezed all the juice from one small lemon.

In the shower, I washed away any traces of sweat and dirt under my arms with my normal soap. I use natural, plain, unscented, goatsmilk soap because it is extremely gentle on my sensitive skin.

After rinsing off the soap, I then used half the lemon juice and rubbed it under my armpits before washing it off.

Once I was out of the shower and dry, I would soak cotton pads in the remaining lemon juice and wipe them under my arms. Sometimes I just splashed it on but this was a bit messy.

Just waited for the juice to dry and then got dressed as normal.

Despite walking around during some really hot days, I didn’t sweat and I didn’t smell sweaty.

One afternoon I fell asleep at home on a really hot day in my winter PJ’s. Woke up to an absolute sauna with my body dripping in sweat but my armpits were fine – no sweat, no smell.

Anyway I have been using the lemon juice everyday for 10 days now.

My only quibble is the cost of lemons so far. Then again, I have been using organic lemons, so it’s my own fault for being a silly sausage.

Oh yes, and my under arm rash has healed up too.

I also found this and thought I would give it a go too:

http://www.coconutdiet.com/skin_health.htm

Under Arm Protection!

Another amazing result many are reporting from Virgin Coconut Oil is using it directly under their arms as a deodorant! Many have theorized that the MCTs in the oil attack the bacteria in sweat that cause the odours.

I have been using straight VCO as an underarm deodorant since last fall. Works wonders. Works just as good as any antiperspirant deodorant I have ever used: you just don't have the fragrance from regular deodorant. I have a job that requires a lot of manual labour and my VCO deodorant has not failed me yet, even when over heated. Abigail (Coconut Diet Forums)

I used some VCO on a paper towel and put under my arms. It is like magic! No smell, no sweat, awesome!!!!!!! I just got back from biking and not a drop of sweat under my arms! Jackie (Coconut Diet Forums)


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I think I'll be trying this too.  My store-bought-generic-chemical deodorant is about to run out, so it's a great time to try.  Will let you know how I go