School: Please stop with the body spray
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania high school wants its students to cut back on the body spray.
Freedom High School in Bethlehem says one of its students was recently hospitalized for exposure to Axe Body Spray. Now, officials are asking students to stop using it as a cologne or fragrance while attending the school.
In a statement posted on the school website Tuesday, officials say the affected student is severely allergic to the spray and recently had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance after being exposed to it.
It wasn't immediately clear what type of reaction the student had, or what chemical in the spray may have caused the problem.
Freedom High School in Bethlehem says one of its students was recently hospitalized for exposure to Axe Body Spray. Now, officials are asking students to stop using it as a cologne or fragrance while attending the school.
In a statement posted on the school website Tuesday, officials say the affected student is severely allergic to the spray and recently had to be taken to the hospital by ambulance after being exposed to it.
It wasn't immediately clear what type of reaction the student had, or what chemical in the spray may have caused the problem.
I hate the stuff. Some men must dump the whole bottle on themselves. It is so strong you can taste it.
Why is this under "Offbeat News"? Way to take a serious problem seriously, KOMO...Â
My son will be 13 on April Fool's Day and he loves Axe body spray. I don't have a problem with him using a MINIMAL amount, however there have been a couple instances where he used SO MUCH that the smell seemed to engulf the house. Almost like a fog rolling in...
This stuff is awful. I banned my kids from wearing it years ago. I wish they had done the same thing with right gaurd when I was in school.
Marketing,,, you gotta love it,, Nothing like making a 14 year old boy think that the scent will drive women crazy!
I think I read that now 1 in 50 children have Autism,,, You don't think it could be the result of to much make-up or cologne do you???
It's not just Axe!
Have you ever visited a nursing home?? Those old lady's put on the perfume like they were taking a shower in it,,, Don't these people know how much to use???
@massCentaldotcom - when people get older they sometimes lose the sense of smell.
I used to work in a middle school and our Technology teacher had to be taken to the hospital due to a student's excessive Axe. That stuff is nasty. I won't let my kids wear it because even at normal levels it smells worse than what they're trying to cover up. That said, an all-encompassing ban isn't warranted. It sounds like the ban is Axe specific... if you're going to go to such an extreme you might as well ban all strong smelling colognes and perfumes. I don't see this as being enforceable.
@Table9 yeah it only does what it supposed to if you actually shower before applying and NOT using it to cover up other smells.
LOL what a shock huh?
@Lrry*x*K I know, right? Love... and logic. :) Boys...
A full-on ban is stupid. Instead, how about a rule where if you wear an excessive amount (as in, it can be smelled by a person standing 18 inches away from you or more), you get sent home or to the locker room to shower it off, plus a verbal warning against wearing that much (and then write-ups for further incidents)? That would teach children about consideration for others and what is considered "too much" in the professional world they'll have to deal with after they graduate. For the kid who was allergic, I'm sorry to hear that he or she had such a strong reaction, but the world at large does not need to change itself that drastically because you were born with a problem. I count this in the same vein of banning anything that has peanuts in it on a campus because one student is severely allergic. There are ways to work around allergies without dictating what others can and can't do.
I'm with DMT. First, this AXE stuff is vile smelling to begin with. I'd rather smell a 14 yo boy's bedroom than that crap. We have people at work that wear their aftershave or perfumes to thick, that the elevator stinks for an hour after they get off, and those of us with allergies are sneezing. Very inconsiderate. Daily bathing is usually enough. Perfume was invented to cover up body smells when people didn't bath more than one a week if that.
@Traveler I am pretty much good with the St. Ives body wash; my husband thinks that is just enough and I smell terrific!  When I used to work in a couple of department stores, I had a doc's note with me stating my migraine problem - got to work in the tools section both times!  :)  Did not mind at all!
We should ban something! (sarcasm)
That said there are people who use Axe, and cologne and perfume way to liberally. You don't need to take a bath in the stuff. If I can smell you from more than a foot away, you used too much. I don't want my hallway to smell like the entrance to an Abercrombie & Fitch
Students should be informed that body spray is only to be worn by middle-aged divorcees who wear gold necklaces.
@OutsideObserverThat's what I thought, too, but apparently Unilever's Axe marketing campaign to convince kids otherwise has been wildly successsful. My son says his middle school locker room is thick with the stuff.
I get migraines and allergies when other wearers don't realize they have put too much on. Â I used to wear perfume myself (and only a little; I don't drown in it), but haven't been able to for probably over 20 years because I am just too sensitive to it. Â I hate it when people are walking in their "clouds" and I can taste it for hours!
@DMT I very rarely wear any perfume due to migraines- now I just have to convince my 14yr old daughter to cut back, way way back, on how much she puts on each morning.  I hated going to school and to the malls due to the "clouds" of perfume others seem to think they need to wear. I did find that a solid perfume didn't cause me migraines like normal perfume does.Â