When should kids start using deodorant?
Your nine-year-old son and his 15-year-old brother come in from playing an intense game of soccer. They both reek. You expect if from your teenager, but isn’t it too early for your nine-year-old to be smelling this foul? No — anyone of any age can potentially develop body odor. So at what age should someone start using deodorant? Some people, some children, in fact, sweat more than others do. When sweat forms on the body, it reacts with the bacteria that everyone has on their skin — resulting in an unpleasant odor [source: McCarthy]. That being said, most children don’t really experience this problem until puberty. At the onset of puberty in boys and girls, gonadotropin-releasing hormones (GnRH) are released. They travel from the brain directly to the pituitary gland. When that happens, the pituitary gland starts releasing luteinizing hormones (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormones (FSH). Where t
