# They are nature's band-aid - or don't pick - maybe TMI!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 26, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-natures-band-aid-or-dont-pick-maybe-tmi/358350 "2006-05-26T18:39:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-natures-band-aid-or-dont-pick-maybe-tmi/358350/21 "2006-05-29T02:18:46Z")

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[QUOTE=silenus]  
I usually get called upon to treat my students blisters when they have o run around debate tournaments in dress shoes. Lance, drain, collapse, bandage, back to debating. I’m getting kind of good at it by now.  
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Wow, who’d have thunk that blisters were such a big problem on the _debate_ team!

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**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-natures-band-aid-or-dont-pick-maybe-tmi/358350/22 "2006-05-29T20:01:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Antigen]  
Wow, who’d have thunk that blisters were such a big problem on the _debate_ team!  
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Yeah no kidding! I kind of remember doing a lot of hardcore sitting around/falling asleep at my debate and forensics tournaments.

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**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, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-natures-band-aid-or-dont-pick-maybe-tmi/358350/23 "2006-05-29T23:05:08Z")

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It seems to be a law somewhere that, if you are entered in two events at a Speech tournament, the rooms are located as far apart from each other as physically possible. At a school like Long Beach State, this can be a good 3/4 mile. Running from one room to the other in dress shoes for three days can be painful. It seems to be more of a problem with the girls. They always buy shoes that “look good” rather than “work good.” 😃

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**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-natures-band-aid-or-dont-pick-maybe-tmi/358350/24 "2006-05-30T12:03:29Z")

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[Advice on blisters from “the walking site”.](http://www.thewalkingsite.com/blisters.html)  
The new kind of “Paint-on Band-aids” are cool. Painting the skin to protect it from rain, seat, dirt and touch, in the same way a wooden panel is painted.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-natures-band-aid-or-dont-pick-maybe-tmi/358350/25 "2006-05-30T17:48:23Z")

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[QUOTE=Kiminy]  
I do pop blisters–a very small puncture that I cover with Neosporin and a bandage. It relieves the pain by letting the blister drain, and since it doesn’t hurt or wobble, I’m less likely to play with it or pick at it.  
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Bingo.

[quote=Maastricht]  
–Advice on blisters from “the walking site”. Hmmm. I will have to look into that Tom’s of Maine SportShield Roll On.

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