Oh heaven help me! Chafing!

Hello, everyone.  I hope everyone is doing okay.  I am doing okay except that I have started to experience chafing between my legs.  There is a spot on each inner thigh that is red, swollen, and sore.  What can I do to help this?  It hurts sooo bad.

Vic

I used to have that pretty bad.  I remember I used Desitin, which is a baby rash cream.  It seemed to really clear it up.  Make sure it's not a yeast infection though.  If it is you can use any antifungal cream.

I can reccommend that you try to keep the areas dry with powder and I like Zeasorb and Zeasorb AF(Anti Fungal) for that purpose.

I try to keep a coupl of layers of clothing between my legs so if I am wearing a dress or skirt, I wear a split skirt style slip underneath. When I was a kid we called them coulottes or pettipants. I've found them online at Sihouettes (the ones I ike best) and I've seen them on the Jessica London web site. They are probably available from most of the plus size clothing sites that sell lingerie.

If you have insurance, then document the thighs in pictures and doctors' visits. You may end up with that excess skin removed for medical reasons!

Vic,

There's a whole slew of products you can use, but the three I've had great results from are:

1) Body Glide skin lubricant (packaged in like a glide-on deodrant container) can be found at Walgreens or a running stores.

2) Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel (I LOVE this product). It goes on like a gel, but instantly becomes a smooth powder like coating. Awesome product! Can be found at Walmart in the Monistat/KY section

3)Lady Anti-Monkey Butt Powder (no joke). It's a really nice anti-chafing powder with calammine.

Hope you find some relief with one of these products.

The Body Glide is what I use. Not only will it prevent chafing, it helps heal the current chafing. It's great stuff!

Haven't had my surgery yet, but I;ve been a waitress for 6 years and wind up chafing al the time.  I use caldesene (a baby powder that really sticks) to prevent and a triple antibiotic cream to treat if it's already happened.  And the other poster was right about keeping other layers in between.  I have sometimes been known to wear a pair of shorts or even longer spanx under my pants to keep them from rubbing.

Good luck!  I know it feels miserable!