I've been using zinc oxide (Desitin) for years now as my only deodorant. I can't tell any kind of excess zinc uptake symptoms from it and I actually take supplemental zinc from time to time to help heal various sprains and such.
Now I DO have a problems with tingling mild numbness in both left hand and left foot but both are old problems from old injuries and drinking enough water helps both; they both come back to full feeling most of the time. The hand goes numb when I sleep, it's from a neck injury and the feeling comes back with water and movement. The foot goes numb from too much walking especially in certain shoes, it's a hip injury and the feeling comes back with rest. Nope, don't think zinc is causing it. BTW, in winter sometimes I can skip a day of underarm Desitin or maybe even two days if it's cold enough and I don't sweat. The action lasts that long even with daily washing so long as I don't over-scrub the underarms. I used to have a terrible, awful problem with underarm odor. I used to have to trim my underarm hair every month all year round. With my first taking of ionic silver back in 2000, that was fixed, and from then on it was just regular common daily bacterial underarm odor that I had to deal with. After that I was able to control it with Mennen Speed Stick deodorant only, not anti-per spirant. And then I tried many alternatives to save money and stop filling up the landfill with plastic. Zinc oxide in any form is cheap cheap cheap as a deodorant. One tube lasts many months. My next trick will be to get a pound of the powder and make my own with some mild oil or petrolatum. Only one downer I've found- Zinc Oxide mixed with sweat on certain manmade fiber shirts can actually make an odor that mimics bacterial underarm odor. It's not bad, it leaves as soon as it dries, and it's on the fabric, not the skin. DaddyBob -----Original Message----- From: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com [mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com] On Behalf Of Ode Coyote Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 8:18 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CS>Deodorant Excessive zinc absorption can cause nerve problems. [ Numbness or tingling] Some denture adhesives contain zinc and have been pulled for that reason...but it takes long term exposure to absorb zinc faster than it can be eliminated and skin doesn't absorb anything as fast as a palate. Ode -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org Unsubscribe: <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com>
