# Gentlemen of the dope, a little help please **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470 "2012-05-29T19:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/1 "2012-05-29T19:25:18Z")
This is a thread for men only ladies. It’s a bit TMI and a bit embarrassing and, no, it is not about erectile dysfunction so it won’t be about anything fun like that, so ladies please stop reading now. la di da la di da la di da Ok men, it is summertime. Time for baseball, bbq, and well, sweaty balls. I sweat more than the average person and I’m having trouble with sweaty balls. Namely a chaffing issue. The very upper thighs get red and sometimes swollen as my balls rub against them. What should I do? I wear boxer briefs. I’ve had this before with boxers. Should I go to full on briefs? Should I shave? I get really sweaty. Bills in my wallet can be damp. I really don’t want to suffer through a long hot summer with sore sweaty balls. Any suggestions would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/2 "2012-05-29T19:35:37Z")
I suppose castration isn’t an option. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/3 "2012-05-29T19:36:35Z")
Goldbond. Like a cool breeze - in your pants. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/4 "2012-05-29T19:37:27Z")
Not a gentleman, but… [this.](http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/index.php?submenu=Home&src=) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/5 "2012-05-29T19:40:32Z")
1. Gold Bond 2. Shave. Hair generates friction. 3. Briefs. Specifically, [ExOfficio](http://www.exofficio.com/products/details/mens-give-n-go-sport-brief). Never cotton. 4. [Body Glide.](http://www.rei.com/product/745879/bodyglide-anti-chafe-formula-13-oz) 5. Any combination of the above. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/6 "2012-05-29T19:51:06Z")
Boxer briefs filled with baby powder make the boys feel like they’re swimming in satin. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/7 "2012-05-29T19:55:43Z")
I have the same problem. The wife got me [this](http://www.freshballs.com/us/products/fresh-balls/). Been working so far! ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/8 "2012-05-29T20:00:13Z")
Breathable bike shorts or compression shorts. Wear under your regular shorts, pants, alone, as swim trunks, etc… You’ll still be a little damp but no bruising. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/9 "2012-05-29T20:01:53Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Breathable bike shorts or compression shorts. Wear under your regular shorts, pants, _ **alone** _, as swim trunks, etc… You’ll still be a little damp but no bruising. Objection! (bold mine) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/10 "2012-05-29T20:11:45Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Not a gentleman, but… [this.](http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/index.php?submenu=Home&src=) I can not have something in this packaging in my house. And I have no idea how I got the mouse over preview just right. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/11 "2012-05-29T20:14:23Z")
re **Sicks Ate** ’s recommendations: I can personally vouch for the Body Glide stick, and The Other Shoe got a pair of ExOfficios and, lemme tell you, there’s a reason they cost a bit more than your average Hanes. If there’s an aloe plant handy, a bit of the leaf’s gel will help reduce inflammation and swelling. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/12 "2012-05-29T20:19:13Z")
> [@bobkitty](#): > > Not a gentleman, but… [this.](http://www.antimonkeybutt.com/index.php?submenu=Home&src=) My husband isn’t a gentleman either (though he is a man), and he finds that powder to be of considerable help, especially if he remembers to use it BEFORE a full day of yard work. ---
**Author:** ![OldnCrinkly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@OldnCrinkly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldnCrinkly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/13 "2012-05-29T20:19:37Z")
Well, I’m not a guy, but I hope you won’t mind my unsolicited advice. My husband and teenage son get the same problem. Many women get a similar situation as well (breasts are even bigger than balls usually, and it gets real hot underneath). Corn starch is what I would recommend. Gold Bond may also be effective, however, if you already have some irritation, it is going to **burn like the devil**. You can buy corn starch in the baby section of the pharmacy or grocery, near the diapers, next to regular baby powder. I would suggest getting it from the grocery in the baking section, it is the exact same product but not in a shaker can and cheaper. Hope this helps, I know it really is a miserable problem. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/14 "2012-05-29T20:20:29Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > 1. Gold Bond > > 2. Shave. Hair generates friction. > > 3. Briefs. Specifically, [ExOfficio](http://www.exofficio.com/products/details/mens-give-n-go-sport-brief). Never cotton. > > 4. [Body Glide.](http://www.rei.com/product/745879/bodyglide-anti-chafe-formula-13-oz) > > 5. Any combination of the above. #2: Bad idea. If anything, pubic hair serves as a sort of “lubricant.” Trust me on this one–I spent a very uncomfortable couple of weeks one summer in college so that you wouldn’t have to, ok? Gold Bond (or body/baby powder of whatever sort) is probably a good idea, though. Never tried it. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/15 "2012-05-29T20:34:56Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > #2: Bad idea. If anything, pubic hair serves as a sort of “lubricant.” Trust me on this one–I spent a very uncomfortable couple of weeks one summer in college so that you wouldn’t have to, ok? Well yeah, if you walk around with it all stubbly! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/16 "2012-05-29T20:58:35Z")
> [@OldnCrinkly](#): > > Well, I’m not a guy, but I hope you won’t mind my unsolicited advice. My husband and teenage son get the same problem. Many women get a similar situation as well (breasts are even bigger than balls usually, and it gets real hot underneath). Corn starch is what I would recommend. Gold Bond may also be effective, however, if you already have some irritation, it is going to **burn like the devil**. You can buy corn starch in the baby section of the pharmacy or grocery, near the diapers, next to regular baby powder. I would suggest getting it from the grocery in the baking section, it is the exact same product but not in a shaker can and cheaper. Hope this helps, I know it really is a miserable problem. Yeast organisms LOVE corn starch, so I advise against it. Heat rash is uncomfortable. Heat rash plus a yeast infection is beyond uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/17 "2012-05-29T21:44:08Z")
> [@OldnCrinkly](#): > > Well, I’m not a guy, but I hope you won’t mind my unsolicited advice. My husband and teenage son get the same problem. Many women get a similar situation as well (breasts are even bigger than balls usually, and it gets real hot underneath). Corn starch is what I would recommend. Gold Bond may also be effective, however, if you already have some irritation, it is going to **burn like the devil**. You can buy corn starch in the baby section of the pharmacy or grocery, near the diapers, next to regular baby powder. I would suggest getting it from the grocery in the baking section, it is the exact same product but not in a shaker can and cheaper. Hope this helps, I know it really is a miserable problem. I was going to recommend corn starch. It works very well. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/18 "2012-05-29T21:47:10Z")
Lose some weight. No, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/19 "2012-05-29T22:13:27Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Lose some weight. No, seriously. Great minds and all that. I was going to post the very same. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470/20 "2012-05-29T22:33:59Z")
Lose some weight. Talcum powder. I’d avoid cornstarch as stuff can and does grow in it. Oh, and as I have mentioned in other threads, boxer briefs are the greatest invention of the twentieth century. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-of-the-dope-a-little-help-please/623470.md?page=2)