*ahem* Male genital chafing

[Nahtzee]

My uhh... yeah has been chafing lately and the skin has become irritable. Do I use lotion, vasoline or what?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Sid59]

My uhh... yeah has been chafing lately and the skin has become irritable. Do I use lotion, vasoline or what?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

baby powder.

 

[darkxshade]

2 words:

compression shorts

 

[surfsatwerk]

Runner's lube

http://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Lube-S.../dp/B000TTEID2

Don't get that confused with the stuff for sore muscles or hilarity will ensue.

 

[Megatomic]

Use Body Glide. That stuff f'ing works.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I'll put in another vote for compression shorts. I've been exclusively using them for underwear for a few years. 100% immune to chaffing even when in hellholes like Biluxi or Montgomery.

 

[Megatomic]

I get a different chafing from using compression shorts. Just try the lube, it really is the best bet.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I get a different chafing from using compression shorts. Just try the lube, it really is the best bet.

I have a friend that said something similar; I don't know what makes them work for some people and not others. I think they're worth getting a pair to give a shot though. If they work, you can just get a set don't have to keep getting/applying product.

 

[NetWareHead]

Bad thing about this type of chafing is that once it starts, it just gets worse without treatment. Any grocery store should have a gel used for baby diaper rash/chafing.

 

[DaTT]

Bad thing about this type of chafing is that once it starts, it just gets worse without treatment. Any grocery store should have a gel used for baby diaper rash/chafing.

Yes, once it starts there is no turning back. I have heard of baby powder working.

 

[Megatomic]

Bad thing about this type of chafing is that once it starts, it just gets worse without treatment. Any grocery store should have a gel used for baby diaper rash/chafing.

Yep, I keep a tube of Desitin handy for just this reason.

 

[Bateluer]

Body glide man. Works quite well.

Look at your clothing though, change it if its causing chafing. I've one pair of split shorts that chaf badly if I go more than 5 or 6 miles in them.

 

[theApp]

+1 on the body glide.

I also get different chafing with most compression shorts; however none of my tri shorts cause chafing. I can do a half in those with no body glide and come out fine on the chafing front. If I did that in anything else I'd be dying by mile 8.

 

[Druidx]

http://www.amazon.com/Chamois-Buttr-.../dp/B000HZGTUS

Works great.

 

[Nahtzee]

So you guys are telling me that the affected area will never heal? Shit..

 

[KMc]

http://www.amazon.com/Chamois-Buttr-.../dp/B000HZGTUS

Works great.

+1

 

[surfsatwerk]

So you guys are telling me that the affected area will never heal? Shit..

You are correct, the formal term for your condition is athletic induced leprosy.

 

[tedrodai]

So you guys are telling me that the affected area will never heal? Shit..

You read it the wrong way. Except for the guys who are giving you a hard time lol.

Bad thing about this type of chafing is that once it starts, it just gets worse without treatment. Any grocery store should have a gel used for baby diaper rash/chafing.

Screw baby powder, use a protective lube like people have suggested; vaseline works fine too. You just have to prevent it from continuing to chafe until it heals up. I switched exclusively to athletic boxer briefs (i.e. not loose fitting) or better a few years ago, and I haven't had the problem but maybe once or twice since. If you're gonna be sweaty or otherwise wet for an extended period, use some sort of lube.

 

[Dallascisco]

under armor...........

 

[nitsuj3580]

under armor...........

yep, had major chafing going on, I bought a few pairs of these and chafing went away (though I think mine are longer than these I linked to)

http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11306504&clickid=body_rv_img

 

[Dallascisco]

boxer jocks are the shit........

yep, had major chafing going on, I bought a few pairs of these and chafing went away (though I think mine are longer than these I linked to)

http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11306504&clickid=body_rv_img

 

[Pohemi]

I tried compression shorts (Under Armour brand, no less) and couldn't stand something so tight. A number of years back I tried Ex Officio's Pack 'n Go boxer briefs and now wear nothing but.
I also use baby powder after getting out of the shower, but it has to be talcum as cornstarch just falls to the floor. I don't like putting anything moist or gel-like in places where I'm trying to eliminate moisture /shrug

 

[bononos]

You shouldn't have gotten circumcised. See reason 23. http://www.circumstitions.com/reasonsnotto.html