Help. An actual saddle sore.

[Velodog]

Well, since there isn't a catagory for butt sore's that I don't want to ask anyone about face to face, I'll ask here. Anyone have advice on how to rid myself of a single, sort of deep, saddle sore. I usually have dry, teflon skin and don't have much experience with this. What has worked for you. Go ahead, be specific.
Thanks, Moritzburke.

[RoadRaven]

Welcome to the board Moritz - you new here? or a lurker?

Anyways, I searched saddle sores for you and the engine found six pages of links to threads in this forum

Here are a few...


Ladies: HELP! Saddle injury question!
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ht=saddle+sore

saddle sore - HELP!!
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=6385

What is a saddle sore?
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=5317

Saddle Sore & Desperate
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=5029

Anyone have a Chamois creme favorite?
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=1426

Already saddle sore!
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=3780

Folliculitis!
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=2799

[maillotpois]

Moritzburke's my sister in law, and not having any experience with saddle sores (just holes in shorts), I told her she should come here and ask....

I know there are a lot of threads on saddle sores - alot end up with discussions of ingrown hairs which, from talking to her, is not the issue!

[Veronica]

I know somebody here had what was a cyst of some sort that needed to be removed by a doctor.

If I ride in jeans to work, I sometimes get what looks like a large pimple, in the crease between thigh and butt. It's not an in grown hair. I use acne stuff on it and that makes it go away. It doesn't bother me when I ride, just when off the bike. Someday I'll see a doctor about it. They'll probably say, "Don't ride your bike in jeans."

V.

[Grog]

Well Moritzburke if you could be a bit more specific with your ailment maybe we could be more specific with our suggestions... "Saddle sores" cover a very wide array of phenomena unfortunately... (Or an unfortunate array of phenomena...)

[Duck on Wheels]

I keep waiting for the nurses amongst us to answer this one, but haven't seen any (that I know of) taking hold of the thread. Let's see if I've absorbed any nursing knowledge from researching their working conditions from time to time ...

I'm wondering if a saddle sore is anything like a bed sore, also known as a pressure sore ...? If so, then you might find treatment options by googling those terms. Also if so, the cause is poor circulation, often due to pressure. So logically the long term solution, so as not to get another sore in the same spot later, might be hmmm ...? a different seat? better bike shorts? circulation breaks from time to time (i.e. stand, or even walk a bit) while biking?

Now come on nurses. I know you're out there. Correct me if I'm wrong here. Supplement me if I'm merely underinformed.