Encounter with a saddle sore, new saddle & suggestions from a female pro cyclist

[emily_in_nc]

I'm dealing with a lump at the upper leg crease, panty line area. In the past, I would just wait until winter for it to heal since I wasn't riding so much. This time I decided to go see my dermatologist and she said it's a cyst. She injected it with a few drops of a steroid (triamcinolone). I'm praying this will heal it up!

I've had that done twice, and it was the BOMB! I wish I still had insurance that covered this type of thing since I have a chronic sore (just a big inflamed boil that won't come to a head)! Hope yours is all gone very soon. When I got mine injected, within 2 days it was healed and didn't come back, at least that year.

Good luck to you.

[Grits]

If you are riding with an existing boil/sore, try covering it with a blister bandaid. Obviously, this won't work on soft tissue areas, but on the pantyline area it is ok. If the skin is dry and oil free, the bandaid will stick fairly well. If I am doing a long ride, I'll take an antiseptic wipe and some extra bandaids just in case I sweat it off.