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[warren pease]

Well I'm just about out of deodorant and I have 5 months left in Korea. Does anyone know of a place in Busan that sells the stuff?

Or and Also

does anyone know how exactly the Koreans do without the stuff?

[chris_J2]

Ask for 'Nivea' at one of the big department stores. You would have been better off seeking out deodorant in Summer. Even big Lotte stores in Seoul only stock it in summer.

[georgeperec]

cosmetic shops. they only carry niveas though.

or

try at least 3 pharmacies.

[I'm no Picasso]

I noticed recently that my Homeplus started stocking teeny tiny travel sized sticks of deodorant for like a million dollars. If that helps.

[chevro1et]

Check Gukje market in Nampodong or the small foreign goods area hidden in Seomyeon.

[balzor]

ask someone from home to send you some. I had my parents send me 6 sticks and im still working on them.

[littlelisa]

Otherwise, try shaving your armpits. The more hair, the more sweat smell.

[Pink Freud]

Koreans do without the stuff because they have fewer apocrine glands than other "races". Really.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=235570

and

Like most mammals, humans have two types of sweat glands. One type is the eccrine, or sudoriferous, glands, which serve a cooling function. The sweat secretions which pass through the lumen of eccrine glands are never accompanied by cell secretions. Thus, scent-producing substances which are byproducts of cell metabolism are not secreted by these glands (Stoddart, 1990; Davson and Eggleton, 1968). The second type of sweat gland found in humans, called apocrine glands, are responsible for the production of body odor. Portions of secretory cells found near these glands enter the gland�s lumen along with the sweat secretions. These cells secrete a substance which contains fats and proteins. When apocrine sweat, combined with cell secretions, reaches the skin�s surface, the normal flora of the skin act on the sweat to produce body odor (Davson and Eggleton, 1968).

While eccrine glands are distributed more or less uniformly across the skin, the densest collections of apocrine glands in the human body occur in the axillary organs (armpits). Clusters of apocrine glands are also found in the suprapubic region, circumanal region, perineum, face, scalp, and umbilical region of the abdomen.

It has been suggested that distribution and abundance of apocrine glands within the axilla of different races produces a characteristic racial body odor (Stoddart, 1990; Davson and Eggleton, 1968). One study generalized that among Africans and Europeans, axillary organs are quite large and well-developed, with highly active apocrine glands. Mongolians, conversely, have weakly developed axilla. This study estimated that one-half of the Korean population has no apocrine glands in its axillary organs, and of the half that does, the glands are quite sparse. This study also estimates that ten percent of Japanese and only two to three percent of Chinese have an axillary odor (Stoddart, 1990).

from
http://zebra.sc.edu/smell/ann/myth0.html

[hobakmorinam]

...or just got to Emart. Nivea aerosol deodorant 10,000.

[benji1422]

stop eating dairy/cheese.

[redaxe]

[waseige1]

Texas street right across from Busan station has some. There are a couple of "outside" Philippine bars. Gambi's (spelling) has some for sure. They have several different western toiletries.

[nobbyken]

Try Emart or an online store such as ezshopkorea.com .

[DrugstoreCowgirl]

I've seen stores in Itaewon in Seoul with deodorant but it's pretty pricey. I know Home Plus and E-mart carry some deodorants, but I'm not sure how good they are. It might be easiest to have someone from home send you a few deodorants in a care package.

[teachingld2004]

Baking soda costs less then 1,000 won. Its a bit messy, but it works.
If I had 5 months here without deodorant, I would just pay what ever it cost to buy one.