# Sweat-Off ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Founded | 2006 | | Origin | Germany | | Headquarters | Karlsruhe | | Status | Active | | Website | https://www.sweat-off.com/ | Sweat-Off is a German antiperspirant brand founded in 2006 by the dermatologist Prof. Dr. Christian Raulin and operated by Sweat-Off GmbH of Karlsruhe [2][3]. It concentrates on products for heavy or excessive sweating, and draws a clear line between antiperspirants, which reduce sweat at the source, and ordinary deodorants, which mainly mask odour. The company builds its positioning around clinical evidence and skin tolerability, with research and production based in Germany. It remains active, carrying recent product and packaging updates into 2026. ## Origin & founders According to the company, Raulin set up Sweat-Off with a single stated mission: to help people regain confidence by tackling heavy sweating [2]. The brand describes him as a skin expert with more than thirty years of experience who, with his team, worked to develop what it calls highly effective, skin-friendly antiperspirants. Its aim, in the company's own framing, is to bring perspiration "back to a natural level" even for people who struggle most with it. Alongside the brand, Raulin is described as a co-editor and reviewer for specialist dermatology journals, and the founder's stated goal was to establish the product as a leading antiperspirant expert in the German-speaking market. The antiperspirant has been sold since 2006. The intended audience is people dealing with excessive sweating, a condition also known as hyperhidrosis, who are looking for a stronger option than a standard deodorant. The brand supports this positioning with statements from practising dermatologists: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hartschuh of Heidelberg is quoted describing aluminium-based antiperspirants as "a good option for people who find their sweating uncomfortable or stressful," while Dr. Heiko Grimme of Stuttgart is quoted saying he "almost always" uses antiperspirants as a first treatment for underarm sweating. ## Ownership Sweat-Off is operated by Sweat-Off GmbH, based in Karlsruhe, with Oxana Zhuravkova named as managing director. No parent company is documented. The company's legal notice gives its address as Reinhold-Frank-Straße 58, 76133 Karlsruhe [3]; a German antiperspirant comparison site instead records the street as Roonstr. 23a, 76137 Karlsruhe [6], with the city consistent between the two. The products are sold directly to consumers through the brand's own site and also through pharmacies and general online retailers. In the German and Nordic pharmacy channels the roll-on is marketed by 2care4 ApS, a Danish pharmaceutical company that handles distribution rather than owning the brand; pharmacy listings identify the product by its pharmaceutical registration number and name 2care4 ApS as the responsible party for that channel [7][8]. ## Philosophy & positioning Sweat-Off presents itself as a science-led brand rather than a conventional cosmetic one. The company says its effectiveness rests on established dermatological ingredients and on continuous dialogue with doctors and scientists. It describes its products as going "beyond simply covering up body odour," instead aiming to stop sweat and prevent odour before it starts. The brand summarises its own values as being scientifically founded, skin-friendly, and clinically proven. Tolerability for sensitive skin is a recurring theme in how it describes its formulas, and the company frames continuous development, tested against clinical documentation, as central to how it selects and refines its products. ## Products & innovation The range is organised by where on the body a product is used. The roll-on for the underarms is the brand's bestseller, and the line extends to a gel for hands and feet, a serum developed for the scalp, and a foam for larger areas such as the chest and back. Aluminium salts are the core active ingredient across the range. For a Sensitive line, the company introduced aluminium lactate, an active it describes as developed specifically for more sensitive skin types. ## Science & innovation Clinical testing features prominently in how Sweat-Off documents its products. The brand points to independent research finding that its antiperspirants have a similar sweat-reducing effect on the armpits to treatment with botulinum toxin, citing a 2013 study by Streker, Lübberding and Kerscher [2]. A separate comparative study associated with the University of Hamburg reached a similar conclusion, describing the roll-on as an effective and lower-cost alternative to botulinum-toxin treatment for underarm sweating [5]. The company also cites user and observational studies. In one dermatologist-led study of 109 participants it reports that 98.1% were very to extremely satisfied with the roll-on and that 93.4% found it more effective than other antiperspirants [5]. Further studies address specific body areas: a six-week study of 20 subjects on foot sweating, a 14-day trial of 50 participants in which the scalp serum was reported to reduce head sweating while improving scalp hydration, and comparisons between the classic and Sensitive formulas that the brand says found both effective, with the Sensitive version better tolerated on delicate skin. The brand states that these formulations are developed and tested with sensitive skin in mind, and it lists production in Germany under pharmaceutical quality controls as part of the same approach. ## Recognition The testing laboratory Dermatest awarded the antiperspirant a "sehr gut" (very good) rating in 2017 [6]. The German antiperspirant comparison site antitranspirante.de gave the classic roll-on a test verdict of "1,3 – SEHR GUT" [6]. ## Sustainability Sweat-Off has made a series of packaging and formulation changes it frames in environmental terms. In 2021 the company reformulated all of its antiperspirants to remove microplastics [4]. It reports using highly recyclable mono-material for primary packaging and FSC-certified, recyclable materials for shipping, and says it reduced plastic and cardboard in its stick packaging in 2023. Earlier, in 2020, it replaced printed product leaflets with QR codes. The company also states that its Karlsruhe office and servers run on renewable electricity. No third-party sustainability certifications are documented. ## Current status The brand is active. Its site carries a 2026 copyright line and promotes recent additions such as a trial set, and it maintains near-daily activity on social media. Its home market is German-speaking Europe, with distribution extending into the Nordic pharmacy channel through 2care4 ApS. ## Sources 2. (T1) https://www.sweat-off.com/en/about-us/ 3. (T2) https://www.sweat-off.com/en/legal-notice/ 4. (T2) https://www.sweat-off.com/en/sustainability/ 5. (T2) https://www.sweat-off.com/en/evidence/ 6. (T3) https://www.antitranspirante.de/hersteller/sweat-off/ 7. (T4) https://www.medizinfuchs.de/preisvergleich/sweat-off-anti-perspirant-deo-roller-50-ml-2care4-aps-pzn-458549.html 8. (T4) https://www.2care4.eu/ --- Glowpedia · · Published 2026-09-07 Please cite with a link to the article URL.