Antiperspirant strength finder
Which antiperspirant works depends on two things: the active salt and how much of it there is. Neither is what the packaging shouts about. Pick your area and severity to see what is actually strong enough — and what you can genuinely buy in the UK rather than import.
Read the salt, not the percentage. Aluminium chloride hexahydrate is the strong one. Aluminium chlorohydrate and aluminium zirconium are gentler but substantially weaker at the same percentage, so a "20% clinical strength" supermarket stick is nowhere near a 20% aluminium chloride solution.
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Driclor
20% aluminium chloride hexahydrate · Roll-on
UK — pharmacy counterHigh irritation riskPharmacy (P) medicine — over the counter, no prescription, sold under a pharmacist's supervision.
Check priceAnhydrol Forte
20% aluminium chloride hexahydrate · Roll-on
UK — pharmacy counterHigh irritation riskIdentical strength to Driclor, usually cheaper. Pharmacy (P) medicine — no prescription needed.
Odaban
20% aluminium chloride hexahydrate · Spray
UK — any shopHigh irritation riskSold over the counter in the UK. The spray format suits the face and hairline better than a roll-on.
Check pricePerspirex Original
aluminium chloride hexahydrate (concentration not published) · Roll-on
UK — any shopModerate irritation riskWidely stocked in UK pharmacies and supermarkets. Buffered with aluminium lactate to reduce irritation. Riemann does not publish the concentration.
Check priceHigh-street "clinical strength" antiperspirants
20% aluminium zirconium · Roll-on
UK — any shopLow irritation riskIn any UK supermarket. The "20%" here is aluminium zirconium, which is far weaker than 20% aluminium chloride — do not read the two numbers as equivalent.
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Sources
- Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis) — NHS
- Hyperhidrosis: assessment and management in general practice — British Journal of General Practice