itchy forehead???

[bikerchick68]

LOL.. well yeah, the nuts part is a given...

helmet is less than a year old. Bell, which I have worn before... it fits better than any I've had and was the cheapest I've bought. Go Figure

I bought it one day when I caught the train with some friends to San Juan Capistrano and we rode back to San Diego... 1/2 way there I realized I'd left my helmet in the back seat! (Now I have the Bike Cube!) DOH! Stopped at the 1st bike shop and bought one.

My forehead has been itching for a while and it finally dawned on me WHY... now I gotta figure out what to do about it...

I've never looked... are the pads replaceable?

[Deanna]

Most pads are just velcroed in. You can probably replace them, or maybe just a good washing and thorough drying will do the trick.

[teigyr]

Or could it be your sunscreen or lotion? Lots of things make me itchy, especially if I sweat...meaning if it's hot and my waistband is tight, I go all red and itchy there. Yeah, lovely visual I know.

So maybe it could be a combination of the pads in your helmet, sweat, and sunscreen/hairstuff/lotion?

[ChickWithBrains]

Just be sure to only change one thing at a time -- helmet pads, sunscreen, hair gel... that way you can figure out the culprit and not give up your favorite SPF or Dippity-Doo...

[Aquila]

I used to get a sort of hive reaction from hair spray. Are you using something on your hair? Teigyr's suggestion is probably good?

My skin reaction only happened when I had to hair spray paste my hair into place for band stuff in high school. Hot shako, long day, sweaty, and TONS of hair spray, and voila. I had to make sure to wash it off asap, and then I didn't tend to have problems.

[Zen]

Or
you could try covering that part of the strap with moleskin.

[Delta7]

Maybe wear a head scarf, buff or one of those coolmax headsweats under the helmet. I wash my pads often and put my helmet in the dishwasher for a good cleaning every now and then!

Cheers.