Eight Ways To Stop Sweating

If you're embarrassed by wet marks on your shirt or the feeling of sweat dripping down your back, you're not alone. Everyone sweats and some people find their bodies producing more than usual. If this is you, here's eight ways to stop sweating.

Antiperspirants

As unwanted as it may be, sweating is the natural way the human body cools itself. Antiperspirants block pores, which can lead to feeling warmer and sweating more. What you want is a deodorant. This will neutralize the odor while allowing sweat to still form which will cool your body. This means less sweat in the end.

Good Hygiene

Bathe regularly. Bacteria, salt, and dead skin cells build up on your body, causing odor and blockage of pores. While certainly an uncomfortable feeling, perspiring more when already dirty is not uncommon.

Less Body Hair

Another way to stay cool, and cut down on sweating, is to maintain less body hair. Hair traps oils and bacteria which, again, clog your pores, making you warmer.

Watch Your Weight

Fat is an insulator, which keeps you warm and too much of it forces your body to exert extra effort to move. Overweight people can perspire more frequently and heavily than others. Keeping your body at a healthy weight can help.

Drink Tea

Both black tea and sage tea contain a compound called tannin which is an astringent. Astringents, such as the types used in face washes, help dry out skin and remove excess buildup or oil.

Fix Diet

The nature of some foods cause you to sweat when you wouldn't or more than you would otherwise. Spicy foods, for example, make many people produce extra moisture. Some studies have also suggested that too much iodine produces more sweat. Adjusting the type of food you eat may assist you.

Calm Down

Not all perspiration is caused by overheating. Many times stress or anxiety contribute more to over-production of sweat than heat. Learn to calm raging emotions and relax your physical body to maintain less perspiration. If going to a big event, for example, is stressful, use a breathing method or mental technique to smooth your anxiety. You'll feel better and more worry won't be caused by a damp back or armpits.

Sweating overly much can be embarrassing and inconvenient. Hopefully, the above tips on how to stop or at least reduce it will help you find a good balance to ease this very common discomfort.