| abstract |
A method of preventing underarm malodor associated with human perspiration. There is applied to the skin of a human, a safe and effective amount of a macroporous crosslinked copolymer containing acrylate or methacrylate units. Components of sweat such as fatty acids found in human perspiration, are adsorbed and entrapped into and within the confines of the macroporous copolymer. The macroporous copolymer possesses a pore diameter of a size sufficiently small to inhibit skin bacteria from entering. Decomposition of fatty acid and sweat components by the skin bacteria is thereby retarded, and hence the generation of body malodor is reduced. The macroporous copolymer may be applied to the human skin in the form of a deodorant stick, a deodorant cream, a deodorant lotion, a deodorant spray, a deodorant roll-on, a deodorant pad, a pressed powder deodorant, a loose powder deodorant or a deodorant gel. |