Cycling is new for me, and trying to work out some pain issues. Worst pain, bleeding labia minoria abraisons. Read some great info on this site to try and help resolve the problem. Worked on bike fit with LBS (still needs some more work, but some improvement), kept same saddle for now anyway, working on posture and technique, and also applied Desitin diaper rash ointment on my tissue and the chamois after I healed from the bad bleeding episode--gyno's NP made me stay off until healed. Posted a thread in tips/tricks about how to get the Desitin out, some responses, and read on their web site too--just spent a lot of time scrubbing--all shorts are toast, soaked thru to outside looking like a skunk trunk, and alas my vigorous rubbing also got the stuff all over other places of the shorts, kinda like a lovely retro tye dye look-ugh! After reading I know that there is Chamois Buttr to try and Assos--that say they will wash out of shorts, but I am not sure they will give me same protection as the 40% zinc oxide of Destin and where you could put it? Meaning like, my worst abrasions were in the underlying folds of the labia under pubic bone, not just the outside, so lined these internal channels with a lot of Desitin--knew the peds said it was ok for the kids years ago, so I thought it was safe to do (and put on chamois as well). Some soreness, but no more bleeding, so improvement. Also, going to gyno in few weeks when he gets back from vacation because I suspect I have some perimenapausal issues I never thought much about until I read it in some other threads. Dryness hormonally, and my allergy/asthma meds do this as a side effect of drying all things in the body--breathing takes a higher rating than the dry, so I stick with it and use lubricants for intimacy and added this to my bike rides by trying to insert KY vaginally--which I knew was safe, plus the Desitin outside. Also, I don't really seem to have my much padding tissue wise in the labia, know thinning can be another issue with the hormones. OK, and weirdly enough I don't know about other ladies but I think I am uneven down there it looks like??? ..the smaller/thinner side gets more sore and I am not sure how to sit my saddle straight to try and stay off that side more--it gets the most Desitin. Plus, I think I have more scar tissue than the average lady from pelvic prolapse repair surgeries and having a couple big babies that required lots of stitches as well. JMO-a need for stitches shouldn't even be allowed down there at all! Someone said to try A & D to not stain the shorts, assume it is ok on the internal labia channels? and another idea was Bag Balm--it that OK on the internal labia channel tissue? I read the ingredients of Assos and think the tingling/drying properties of the Witch Hazel in it would make my hormone dryness problem worse in my case? I know ladies use Vaseline for dryness/chaffing I was told by the gyno a long time ago can seal infections in? so not sure about that one either. Yes, while the Desitin is helping, I just don't think I can be seen with this nasty shorts fashion statement. I'll see what the gyno says, but any thoughts are appreciated!