 Thomas Townsend used deodorant instead of taking showers 
 
 A teenager who died from inhaling deodorant gas was found collapsed and surrounded by 42 cans, an inquest has heard.  A Kent teenager died after inhaling the gas from deodorant he was spraying himself with, an inquest has found 
 
 16-year-old Thomas Townsend used large amounts the aerosol to clean himself rather than take showers, the Folkestone inquest was told. Coroner Rachel Redman told the hearing: “He sprayed it all over himself and succumbed to the effects of the gas.” 
 
 Thomas died at a children’s home near Folkestone, on August 29 last year. On the day of his death, staff member Lucy Banyard discovered Thomas’ body on the landing outside his bedroom on the top floor of the home. Paramedics were called but were unable to revive him. "He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him" - Sally Townsend Pathologist Dr Kareem Aboualfa said cause of death was circulation collapse caused by butane gas inhalation but there was no drink or drugs in his system. Police who investigated examined his room and found he had hoarded a total 42 cans of products such as deodorant and hair spray, many of them empty. Photo: Google Maps 
 
 His mother, Sally Townsend, said: “He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him. Then he would spray aftershave to cover up BO (body odour). “He would go through a can a week. I didn’t know he had so many cans in his room but he was a big hoarder.’ 
 
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– A British teen who was found collapsed on the landing outside his room at a children's home last August died from using too much spray-on deodorant, the Telegraph reports. "He sprayed it all over himself and succumbed to the effects of the gas," Kent Online quotes the coroner as saying. A doctor says 16-year-old Thomas Townsend died from "circulation collapse caused by butane gas inhalation." The cause of death came to light at an inquest this week, reports Metro.co.uk. “He would not take showers but would stand there with a deodorant and spray half the can on him," says the teen's mother. "Then he would spray aftershave to cover up BO." Police found 42 cans of deodorant, hair spray, and other products in Townsend's room at the children's home near Folkestone, Kent Online reports. His mother says she didn't know her son had so many cans but says he was "a big hoarder." Authorities say Townsend, who had been in a foster home for five years, had a history of self-harm, but he wasn't suicidal or abusing drugs or alcohol. No alcohol or drugs were found in Townsend's system, notes the Telegraph, and his death was ruled accidental. Those who knew him say he had turned a corner and was preparing to start college the following month, Kent Online reports. (How one man has gone 12 years without bathing.)