My nipples hurt from the friction

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  • JoeCWV
    JoeCWV Posts: 213 Member
    I use surgical tape. I first got this problem last summer when I upped to 5 miles a day. I wore a polyester shirt but it had graphics from a 5K. One you get "runner's nipples" they are sensitive for a wile. I ended up just putting a square of surgical tape over each nipple. Problem solved. This has not re-occurred yet this spring, but if it does back to the tape I will go.

    Since my initial problem I have always been careful to stay away from cotton, or shirts with graphics. So far so good.
  • 20yearsyounger
    20yearsyounger Posts: 1,630 Member
    SassJess81 wrote: »
    You could cut out just the nipple areas on your shirts, provided it's not too cold out.

    It was a great incentive for me to lose weight and be able to run bare back :)
    JoeCWV wrote: »
    I use surgical tape. I first got this problem last summer when I upped to 5 miles a day. I wore a polyester shirt but it had graphics from a 5K. One you get "runner's nipples" they are sensitive for a wile. I ended up just putting a square of surgical tape over each nipple. Problem solved. This has not re-occurred yet this spring, but if it does back to the tape I will go.

    Since my initial problem I have always been careful to stay away from cotton, or shirts with graphics. So far so good.

    Totally get it. I wasn't expecting to run as long as I did my first time. It was just supposed to be quick trip to Mcdonalds. Ended up running distance in a heavy t-shirt that I got from a gun range in Vegas with the graphics. Man, that hurt.My MFP friends laughed at me when I mentioned it cause I didn't know that happened - especially to guys. The pictures online were fairly gruesome.

  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    compression tops or band aids only two solutions for me, synthetic shirts and cotton both cause nipple scrapes for me.
  • trswallow
    trswallow Posts: 116 Member
    SassJess81 wrote: »
    You could cut out just the nipple areas on your shirts, provided it's not too cold out.

    Somehow I think running in a shirt with the nipples cut out is going to end with a conversation with the cops, especially if you are running in a park with children present.
  • SassJess81
    SassJess81 Posts: 75 Member
    edited March 2016
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    trswallow wrote: »
    SassJess81 wrote: »
    You could cut out just the nipple areas on your shirts, provided it's not too cold out.

    Somehow I think running in a shirt with the nipples cut out is going to end with a conversation with the cops, especially if you are running in a park with children present.

    Depends on if you are a man or a woman I guess!

  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    edited March 2016
    Lots of good suggestions for you - please take them up, because it looks like it must be incredibly painful. (Well maybe not the nipple cutouts!)

    My one and only ever half marathon finish line photo is memorable for all the wrong reason thanks to the poor guy finishing next to me who had run the marathon and was in a white shirt with blood stains dripping down from the nipple area... I haven't printed that out for the pool room!
  • trswallow
    trswallow Posts: 116 Member
    SassJess81 wrote: »
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    trswallow wrote: »
    SassJess81 wrote: »
    You could cut out just the nipple areas on your shirts, provided it's not too cold out.

    Somehow I think running in a shirt with the nipples cut out is going to end with a conversation with the cops, especially if you are running in a park with children present.

    Depends on if you are a man or a woman I guess!
    Somehow a guy with nipple cut-outs, just seems kind of disturbing and I can see some overly concerned parent calling the police. I guess as long as he doesn't have chafing down below and use the same solution for that, he should be fine.
  • rldeclercq4
    rldeclercq4 Posts: 269 Member
    dewd2 wrote: »
    "Nip Guards" are nothing more than 3M Transpore tape. Get a roll and tear of small pieces to cover the nipples and you are set. No need to spend a fortune on specially cut tape.


    Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I went with a few rolls of this 3M tape and used today for the first time. Sweated through my shirt but no chaffing. Seems like a good solution for now.
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    Definitely tape! Kept me chafe free from 1mi to 31mi over the last 8yrs. Band aids or duct tape if you really want it on there lol.

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