Does anyone have suggestions as to how to eliminate chaffing between ones legs. Every time I go hiking and get sweaty the insides of my legs begin to chaff.
Thanks,
~sETH
Seth
Chaffing...? Ouch!
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#2
I skirt works for me. I used to chaff every time it rained. A lady hiking with me said “why don’t you try a skirt, the water runs down to the ground instead of into your crotch”. I said “I’m not wearing a skirt”. When I got up the next day it was again raining, I said “where’s that skirt?” It worked so well I bought it from her.
Blue Jay
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#4
Just apply a piece of duct tape on each leg where the chaffing occurs. The tape slides right past each other. No more chaff.
Darth Pacman
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#5
I use the “Ray-way” bike style shorts w/o the padding and have not had a problem. Prior to using this style of shorts, I used to get chaffed whenever I hiked over 10Mi in whatever I was wearing. Another solution runners use is a lubricant called “Body glide.”
Jared
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#6
It’s chafe and chafing. And the “a” is pronounced as in “chain” not “chad.” Chaff is what is separated from grain during threshing, or something light and worthless.
a friend
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#7
You may not be a hiker, friend. When your primary, sometimes only activity is hiking, chaffing definitely comes with another BIG F. Chaff is what separates hikers from the trail during chaffing. Keep reading you’ll learn to correct spelling yet.:lol
Blue Jay
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#8
Like Jared said, non padded bike shorts or something like them works great. I personally like the Spandex/Nylon UnderArmour brand. It silky smooth, tight fitting which works in the same way as sock liners and dry extremely fast. If you get someting like them, make sure it’s not made from Cotton/Spandex.
Sparky
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#10
“A friend” was right about “chafing” v. “chaff”. Why did that one guy get bent about it? What’s wrong with learning something? Yikes.
a different friend
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#12
A chafing dish or chafer is something used in food service to keep your food warm. Sort of a portable steam table :lol :smokin PS Hot foods must be kept at 140 degrees or more.
Chef
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#13
it’s easier to spell…an unamed hiker in y2k got hood rash…he put duck tape on it…after he took it off, there was no visible widlife for days…when you get “chafed” real good/bad, you will find a solution…guaranteed…:smokin :cheers
fausa
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#15
Tru wearing compression shorts helps your leg mucels and with the chafing:happy
Bama Hiker
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#17
aquaphor healing ointment is a vaseline-like first aid ointment that has several other meds in it that is a great first aid cream for anything red and raw. you should be able to get it over the counter at a drug store.
Zydecajun
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#18
Whatever you do, do not put baking soda on chafing. Or firebutt, for that matter. You will be sorry.
While I’m at it, I should add that under no circumstances should one ever, ever intentionally rub Tiger Balm into one’s armpit. It’s just a bad idea. Though doing so will make you rapidly forget the baking soda you put on your firebutt.
ravin’
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#19
under any circumstance, take both a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same evening…
a friend