Trail rash?

[Catrin]

Thanks, I will check it out. It isn't that large of an area compared to what it could have been so I am thankful. There are a couple of areas though...I will check out CVS on the way home later today.

[Becky]

Another vote for Tegaderm.

[OakLeaf]

A thin smear of raw honey and Tegaderm to cover. If you let the wound scab, then every time you move the scabs will pull open (even microscopic pulls) and the whole thing will take that much longer to heal.

[Catrin]

I got the Tagaderm, put it on before my gym class with the help of a teammate, and it was rolling off before things were over. It was a very hard workout with lots of sweating - perhaps too much for the stuff?

[OakLeaf]

I've poured disgusting amounts of sweat out from under a strip of Tegaderm - sweat is the main reason I don't often get more than a day out of a dressing. I'm guessing either you had it under an item of clothing that rubbed it loose, or it just wasn't watertight to begin with. Maybe a speck of whatever you put on the wound got under the edge.

[Catrin]

I've poured disgusting amounts of sweat out from under a strip of Tegaderm - sweat is the main reason I don't often get more than a day out of a dressing. I'm guessing either you had it under an item of clothing that rubbed it loose, or it just wasn't watertight to begin with. Maybe a speck of whatever you put on the wound got under the edge.

I didn't have clothing over it, but it may not have been quite watertight. The two areas are on the front side of my shoulder and the top bend of my elbow (not the back). The skin there moves a lot, which created creases and...I just couldn't get it flat and stay that way. I did wash off the antibiotic cream and dried it well before application.

I won't waste any more of the expensive dressing on this- especially since I don't have anyone here to help me apply it. I am NOT very good with using my left hand. One of the remaining 2 dressings will go into my mtb first aid kit that lives in my hydration pack.

[Possegal]

I hear ya. My stitches were on my elbow and I sure wish my cats were more helpful when it came to bandaging it up. One of my coworkers did a lot of bandage changing for me, and even took out the stitches (pays to work with a bunch of nurse practitioners) My sister took care of it when we were together, but there were a lot of evenings of me trying to bandage it up using my left hand and my chin or nose.