Saddle Sores

[OakLeaf]

hehe

I've had that happen with gloves - my hands break out from too much moisture, so sometimes I dump some cornstarch into them, which can billow out in clouds. But having the powder come out your butt is a whole 'nother picture!


Anti-Monkey Butt Powder:

[bluebug32]

The DH and I use Asmaster chamois cream. It has a pleasant tingle and seems to serve it's purpose. The one longish ride I skipped using it on this season was the one where I came home with two saddle sores. They also have free trial packets of the cream, which we stick in our jersey pockets to reapply during really long rides. I second the tea tree oil as a good treatment option. Also keeping the area as hair free as possible has proven beneficial.

[channlluv]

Okay, keeping the area hair-free...that's a good topic, too. How do you ladies manage? Razor? Laser? Some kind of depilatory cream?


Roxy

[OakLeaf]

Okay, keeping the area hair-free...that's a good topic, too. How do you ladies manage? Razor? Laser? Some kind of depilatory cream?


Roxy

I just trim it very short. Any time I actually try to remove the hair, I wind up with ingrown hairs and infected hair follicles.

Could be that's part of why I'm not much on swimming, either... my "natural" hair seems like it grows halfway down my thighs...

[bluebug32]

An electric razor

[Norse]

+1 on the electric razor. Every single time I have tried a non-electric razor I break out in bumps worse than any saddle sores.

[bluebug32]

Agreed. Anything other than an electric razor turns my skin into braille!