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Good Bad & The Monkey
Nothing will help them heal faster.
The goal is to keep them from getting chafed in the first place.
I wear these on all my long runs:
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
Poor baby
The little round ones are perfectly nipple sized, which can work well. You can also spend bigger bucks on nip guards, or can use duct tape (which can ruin shirts). Many also like to use body glide.
not bad for mile 25
I don't get this problem. Must be my tiny cup size.
Wear a bra
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oh shutup, you have the cutest boobs!
What is the best way to treat chafed nipples? Mine are rubbed raw every time I run longer. What can I do after they are chafed to help them heal faster?
You're not running in a cotton shirt are you? Just checking...
I've tried the band-aids before, but they don't stick well because of my hairy chest.
keep trying.
eventually the band-aide removal process will rip out enough hair to solve that problem.
No Talent Drips
Or polypro for that matter. May seem counter intuitive, but I run in micro-wool for my long runs (and marathons)--the only material that doesn't chafe my useless little nipples.
Dei Gratia
I find that cotton rubs less than the dry fit and all the high tech type shirts. I have never tried wool though. I have never found any band-aids that will stay stuck. I weigh almost 200 pounds. My best guess to cure the breast chafing problem is to loose 30 or 40 pounds and then my breast might be small enough they will not stick out and rub.
Cotton really chafes once it gets wet.. so if you're sweating it's bad news.
A Saucy Wench
Nothing will help them heal faster. The goal is to keep them from getting chafed in the first place. I wear these on all my long runs:
Not entirely true. I find chafe in general (never having had said nipple chafe...you guys need to man up and wear a sports bra) heals faster if I put bodyglide or similar on it. Mostly to keep it from getting re-irritated. Or you could walk around shirtless for about 3 days, but I hear workplaces tend to frown on that.
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7