The deodorant is the world's best-selling male
grooming product, sold in 60 countries.
Dangerous over-use: Inhaling chemicals from
deodorant aerosols can cause skin reactions,
aggravate allergies and may trigger fatal heart
problems.
The primary target for spray deodorants is
thought to be 13 to 18-year-olds, with mums the
main buyers, according to Marketing Magazine.
So powerful is its hold on the teen market that
some teachers have gone on to online forums to
complain about it, sharing anecdotes about
having to teach through the fug of deodorant.
But some experts are concerned teenagers are
over-using deodorant, warning that inhaling
chemicals from the aerosols may cause allergic
skin reactions, asthma and breathing difficulties.
In very rare cases they may even trigger fatal
heart problems.
Maureen Jenkins, director of clinical services at
Allergy UK, says: "Around one in three adults in
the UK have some form of allergic disease -
asthma, rhinitis or eczema - and their symptoms
are easily aggravated by perfumed products and
exacerbated by aerosol chemicals.
Even people without allergies can be sensitive to
chemicals found in cleaning products or
toiletries, experiencing skin reactions, breathing
difficulties, nausea or headaches.
The reactions are made worse when it is an
aerosol as the fine mist is easily inhaled."
Dr Peter Dingle, an environmental scientist and
consultant toxicologist based in Perth, Australia,
says: "The labels on deodorant aerosols instruct
you not to use them in a confined space, but I
think it's safe to say most people in the UK aren't
going to go outside to spray on their
deodorants.
They would do it in the bathroom, most likely
with the door closed - and that's a confined
space.
In the middle of winter, you're not even going to
have a window open. If you watch a deodorant
advert, the young man usually sprays himself all
over his body, which is exactly what the can tells
you you're not supposed to do.

Self-image and smelling right is all important for
young men and there's a lot of peer pressure to
use these products."
This is something the Capewell family will be
reminded of for the rest of their lives.
Jonathan Capewell was just 16 when he died of a
heart attack in the bedroom of his home in
Oldham, Greater Manchester.
His 17-year-old sister, Natalie, raised the alarm
after finding her brother lying lifeless on his
bedroom floor.
"When we arrived at the hospital, they were still
trying to revive him," recalls his father Keith, 58.
"But about ten minutes later they said he was
gone. We were shocked. There had been no
warning. They asked if he had a heart condition
but there was nothing like that. He was a
perfectly normal, healthy boy."
A post-mortem examination showed Jonathan
had ten times the lethal amount of butane and
propane in his blood.
The gases are used as aerosol propellants and it
seemed they had built up in his body over many
months.
At first, it was feared Jonathan had been
engaging in solvent abuse - inhaling aerosol
solvents to obtain a "high" - but it seemed out of
character to all who knew him.
Keith says: "The coroner's investigator checked
the aerosols we had in the house but found
none of the signs of solvent abuse. He came to
the conclusion that Jonathan wasn't abusing."
The investigation turned to Jonathan's use of
deodorants. "He was 16 and his body was
changing," says Keith. "He was starting to sweat
more and worry about how he smelled. It wasn't
unusual for him to have two or three showers a
day."
Fatal use: Daniel Hurley died in his home in
Sandiacre, Nottingham, aged 12 when he
collapsed after using spray deodorant which
caused a cardiac arrhythmia
"Afterwards he would spray deodorant all over
his body, even in his hair, and the bathroom
was the smallest room in the house. He was a bit
obsessive and would have up to six different
types to choose from.
Sometimes we could smell the deodorant
downstairs and we'd joke: "Are you spraying that
up there or eating it?"
The coroner, Barrie Williams, ruled that
Jonathan's death was accidental, saying: "The 16-
year-old was a normal, healthy teenager who was
simply overcome by excessive use of
antiperspirants.
There was an exceptionally high use of
deodorant for personal hygiene. It was used in a
fairly confined space against the advice of the
canisters."
But how could accidentally inhaling aerosol
chemicals cause death? Jonathan Clague, a
consultant heart specialist at the Royal
Brompton Hospital, says: "The main cause of
death is usually suffocation, known as hypoxia.
If oxygen is not being breathed in and something
else is inhaled, such as chemicals, then
suffocation occurs and the heart stops."
After the inquest in 1998, Keith and Louise
struggled to come to terms with Jonathan's
death. "My daughter blamed herself because she
was in the house when it happened, even though
there was nothing she could have done,"says
Keith.
"I went back to work as a warehouse manager
after a couple of weeks but every time the phone
rang my hands started shaking and I'd be
transported back to that day, expecting more bad
news. I had to give it up."
It was two years before he could work again. He
adds: "It's been very hard to accept - Jonathan
was only 16 and hadn't even started out in life."
There are several warnings on the back of Lynx
canisters. Users are advised to "use in short
bursts in well ventilated spaces", to "avoid
prolonged spraying" and "keep out of reach of
children".
The British Aerosol Manufacturers Association
(BAMA) says propellants in household aerosol
products have been used safely for 40 years and
that 600 million aerosols are used each year in
the UK.
The association carried out its own research
after Jonathan Capewell's death, but says it was
"unable to reproduce the conditions which
could lead to harmful or fatal effects from
excessive spraying of aerosol products in a
confined space".
Dr Dingle says: "It's not enough for the
authorities to say, It's OK, there's a warning on
the back of the can.
I would advise teenagers to stick to roll-on
deodorant, preferably one of the natural ones."
The Capewells are also calling for better
awareness of the risks of aerosol deodorants.
"Our youngest son Nathan was four when
Jonathan died and as soon as he was old
enough to use deodorant we drummed into him
that he had to open the windows and only use
short bursts.
He's 20 now and he does that to this day,
wherever he is," says Keith.
"I'd like to see warnings on the front of the can,
like there are for cigarettes and alcohol. Because
we know first hand that deodorants can be just
as fatal."

Just saw this online and thought of sharing it. BTW my mum would freak out if she saw this. I don't use up to six at a time though.

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I wonder why this hasn't made the front page yet. A lot of teens frequent this forum, and inasmuchas you try to hide/screen what they read, this isn't one of those lenghty worthless thesis discussing hyena foots in a christian jackal's rump.

Please let's help these kids be aware.

I always knew inhaling the spray was very harmful to the body. I sprayed it one time and I instantly knew that continuous inhaling would cause harm.

So what I do is to go out of my room to apply it. By doing that, the molecules of the spray would diffuse away thus preventing me from inhaling it.

ferhyntorlah: I always knew inhaling the spray was very harmful to the body. I sprayed it one time and I instantly knew that continuous inhaling would cause harm.

So what I do is to go out of my room to apply it. By doing that, the molecules of the spray would diffuse away thus preventing me from inhaling it.

True. When I can't go out, I make sure the room is well ventilated & the air is circulating well.