itchy forehead???

[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.

[Tuckervill]

Dishwasher? I can't imagine the high heat would be good for the foam in the helmet. Definitely not the dry cycle. My dishwasher heats the water beyond what the water tank does. There's no "cool" setting.

Karen