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  • AZTrailRunner
    AZTrailRunner Posts: 1,199 Member
    just wondering,,,,

    how on Earth would a band-aid (any type)

    stay on whilst perspiring profusely???

    just sayin'......

    If you apply them when you are dry, they stay on fairly well. Yes, they will sometimes come off during exercise, but they help cut down drastically on the length of rub time. :wink:
  • Sunshine_Girlie
    Sunshine_Girlie Posts: 618 Member
    At least you don't look like this..

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  • Heatherbelle_87
    Heatherbelle_87 Posts: 1,078 Member
    At least you don't look like this..

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    OUCH!!!
  • joehempel
    joehempel Posts: 1,543 Member
    Okie now that im 100% sure every lady on MFP has clicked this due to the title and I'm sure you prolly can help being the super nipple gender heres my question/problem. Being overweight most of my life I've had moobs (man boobs) and my nipples have been at least partially inverted or padded around with fat. Losing 80+ lbs my moobs are shrinking and my nipples have went from innies to outies and are rubbing and chaffing on all kinds of exercise type polyester/quick dry athletic shirts. My cycling jersey kills me after a long ride my work out clothes get sweat drenched and rub everthing is irritating them. They've blistered scabbed healed and repeated the cycle to the point I was looking at walmart in the nursing section at gel pads. I've put bag balm on them pre workout and it seems to help some but not much. Whats a guy to do do? Tape them cream them what please help. Also cotton shirts / undershirts are a no go as a need something moisture wicking here in the desert.

    I used to tape them. But my wife bought me "New Skin" and that's worked wonders!! You gotta put enough on though, mine still get a bit raw when running long distances if I don't.
  • IMYarnCraz33
    IMYarnCraz33 Posts: 1,016 Member
    I read about a guy that lost a lot of weight... 300+ lbs I think who became a runner
    and he experienced bleeding nipples. (chaffed/bleeding etc)

    so here's an article that may help you get some relief.

    http://www.best-running-tips.com/nipple-chafing.html
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    thanks everyone I found some clear first aid tape in our medicine cabinet it worked for spin class this am ....... and im having less "pesky nipple hair" now lol
  • T0Writ3L0v3
    T0Writ3L0v3 Posts: 5 Member
    i say pasties.
  • aneisiena
    aneisiena Posts: 63
    Okie now that im 100% sure every lady on MFP has clicked this due to the title

    HAHA yep the title definitely got me. I was like WHAAAT MEN ONLY?! :noway: I'm gonna click this!!!
  • efranz12
    efranz12 Posts: 46 Member
    My Boyfriend has the exat same problem caused by weight loss and he uses athletic tape to cover his nipples and wears a tightly fitted underarmour underneath or in place of t-shirts. He has found this really cuts down on the pain and chaffing caused by his "man boobs". He also uses bandaids sometimes but finds they fall off easier with all of his sweating.
  • fatboypup
    fatboypup Posts: 1,873 Member
    just got home from the evening gym trip ...... gotta pull the tape off again ..... OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • lclarkjr
    lclarkjr Posts: 359 Member
    I'm prone to runner's nipple myself so I usually put a couple strips of paper tape over them and they are good to go with no chaffing. They usually stay on (despite my excessive sweating) for at least 2-3 hours of continuous exercise (12-18 miles running). When I ran a marathon, the tape came off during the last few miles but I did bring a roll with me to re-tape them.
  • Collinsky
    Collinsky Posts: 593 Member
    Vaseline might help the adhesive come off easier, maybe.
  • TheGauv
    TheGauv Posts: 1
    Hey... So I know this post is a little old... but I'd thought add some comments from being a guy that suffers badly from chaffed nips.

    Like yourself, I was over weight for much of my younger years, and even after I lost the weight, my nips were still inverted... When I discovered weight training and started building my chest... *POP* They've gone from inny's to outties... I thought this was super sexy... until spin class rubbed them so raw I was in tears and hated them...

    In my quest to prevent chaffed nips, I tried tigher shirts, looser shirts, different fabrics to no avail. Speaking to some of my female colleagues with kids, they recomended band-aids, shot-dots, etc... These work OK... but if you're like me and like your chest hair, these may not always work as they tend to cling to hair instead of skin... Makes for a pinful rip and can become loose and still cause chaffing (Just to a lesser degree). Tape, like band-aids works well... however... have fun trying not to take a chestful of hair with it (Think 40 year old virgin in some cases)...

    After speaking to a few friends who I'd deam as true "gym rats" (seriously... how do they do it?!), they recomended a product by the name of Body Glide... It's pretty cheap here in Canada ($3) and can be found in Walmart and most sports stores...

    It looks like a mini deoderant stick, which you'd apply like you would deoderant to any areas you chaffe (nips, inner thighs, etc). It forms a barrier between fabric and skin without being messy or sticky like petroleum jelly, creams, or oils. It also lasts me for a duration of a spin class which is an hour of intense sweating... Can't speak to any longer duration than that as I haven't put it to the test... and best of all, no painful rips of nipple/chest hair. It washes away with soap and water and doesn't stain my clothes.

    Their website has some pretty good testimonials as well... check them out on google if you want to do a bit more research.

    Good luck!

    Rob
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