Body oder during radiation

What do you do to stop the body oder from radiation if washing does not work and you cant use deodorant?

Hi fellow soldier. Having gone through radiotherapy, i can definitely say i wasnt troubled by any body odour. I received radiation to under arm, neck and breast x 15 sessions. After you come off the bed yes you feel cooked but not the sweating type like youve done a gym workout. I was told i could use deodorant as long as i didnt overdue the spray. Just wear something loose, easy to remove and natural fibre. With the possibility of burns i would invest in some nonperfumed moisturiser they will advise whats best as everyones skin is different. I did sadly burn on the collarbone bone area but the hospital gave me some special radiation cream. With regard to body odour I have noticed since my mamoplasty that i no longer sweat like I did before. The only time i noticed it was immediately after my op when I wasnt allowed to shower. Please speak with the radiotherapy team with any queries and at every session they shoukd ask if you have any concerns.

I wasn’t told I couldn’t use deodorant at all just not to have it on during the treatments . Some of my treatments were in the morning in which case I didn’t put it on that day until afterwards . When they were in the afternoon I put it on in the morning and washed it off before setting off for the hospital. I used a stick deodorant so I could better control where it went and was careful to put it on just a small area . However my treatment was full breast radiotherapy - nothing to the axilla and I used Dove. Since then I’ve tried various natural and aluminum free ones and ended up going back to Dove. In the Radiotherapy suite I was in I changed in a room that had a sink so I would have been able to have a quick wash if I had felt the need. I have heard of people using chlorhexidine wipes in place of deodorant . Xx