I recently heard antiperspirants can cause cancer, is this true? I NEED to wear antiperspirant or I have really, really bad sweat stains under my arms, which also smells. I don't want cancer, but I don't want to stop using antiperspirant.
XoXoXoXo77 answered Tuesday June 5 2007, 1:24 pm: okay yes most deoderants cause cancer except the organic ones.. which mostly dont work so i wouldnt even bother trying that. so theres nothing you can really do about that. theres probably a few kinds that dont have the aluminum stuff in it. check the labels. [ XoXoXoXo77's advice column | Ask XoXoXoXo77 A Question ]
superstarblue89 answered Monday June 4 2007, 11:54 pm: antiperspirants can cause breast cancer because of the aluminum that's in them..chances are it wont happen...but the possibilities are there...but there are lots of things that can cause cancer that we do anyway...this is on the lower risk level...don't worry about it...if your truly that concerned...try "crystal clean" deodorant it's just the deodorant and not an antiperspirant [ superstarblue89's advice column | Ask superstarblue89 A Question ]
sugarplum07 answered Monday June 4 2007, 11:38 pm: I don't think it's anything to be concerned about. The only cancer I've heard that antiperspirants can cause is breast cancer, but that's proved false on numerous web sites, such as:
cOws_in_yOur_tuba answered Monday June 4 2007, 11:36 pm: Oh geeze, I've heard of that. EVERYTHING causes cancer now. The next thing you'll hear is SHOWERING will cause cancer. Ignore it. People use antiperspirants everyday and they're not going to get cancer. Believe me, people will thank you for it, no one likes stinky armpits. :P
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