# Nipple chafing, ow. Don't laugh! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 8, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827 "2014-02-08T13:49:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827/21 "2014-02-09T00:34:34Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > The key to Tegaderm removal is to find a free edge and then pull it parallel to the skin, not away from it. šŸ™‚ Parallel? Huh. I have Tegaderm in my various first aid kits (home/car/work bag), so Iā€™ll have to give that method a try the next time I use the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827/22 "2014-02-09T00:43:40Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Thereā€™s your problem. Try it on. A sports bra should fit tight and not allow for bouncing or chafing. > > Also, if it came in a pack, you probably need to spend a little more on it. You are making demands on this thing and it is supposed to hold you up. Yeah I wasnā€™t the exercising type when I bought it originally. I ordered a new one after measuring today, so all should be well once it arrives. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I donā€™t see how there would be much movement when riding an exercise bike. And you didnā€™t say your nipples were \*sore \*afterward, but that theyā€™re _itchy_. Iā€™m wondering about your detergent. I spent quite a bit of time on the weight machines where you move forward or backward to exercise your abs and back. I was in the gym for an hour total, so definitely enough movement to get chafage. Not talking bloody stumps or anything that severe. Iā€™ve been using the same detergent for years so itā€™s definitely not that. Good idea, though. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827/23 "2014-02-09T03:26:11Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > Parallel? Huh. > > I have Tegaderm in my various first aid kits (home/car/work bag), so Iā€™ll have to give that method a try the next time I use the stuff. Yep. Or as [this nurse (whoā€™s got a fancy two handed technique thatā€™s for the advanced class](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHGsY0Yeq8o) šŸ˜‰ ) says, ā€œyou pull down, not pull up.ā€ Lots of nurses donā€™t bother, and they pull up. We hates them, we does. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827/24 "2014-02-09T03:29:04Z")
Nice video! Huh. I guess thatā€™s less stretching of the skin, less disruption of the wound, makes sense I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![slowlearner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@slowlearner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slowlearner)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827/25 "2014-02-09T03:36:40Z")
Donā€™t discount the possibility of allergic reaction, Iā€™m deathly allergic to synthetics and if I sweat in anything not 100% natural Iā€™m losing the skin off my mipples. Try pretreating with some OTC 1% cortisone cream (not ointment). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nipple-chafing-ow-dont-laugh/680827.md?page=1)