Ginger, have you tried the hot water/hair dryer cure? Put your arm under water as hot as you can stand (but not hot enough to burn) the pain receptors overpower the itch recptors. It also works blowing hot air with a hair dryer.
Overwhelming? How much more than whelming would that be exactly?
Anya ,'Touched'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Vortex - Jun 24, 2010 6:54:53 pm PDT #23799 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Ginger - Jun 24, 2010 7:05:45 pm PDT #23800 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've done the hot water thing, which particularly helps for allergy itching. Unfortunately, it all wears off eventually, and there I am at my desk or reading and find myself scratching. Perhaps I should keep a hair dryer at my desk.
Strix - Jun 24, 2010 7:07:32 pm PDT #23801 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Um, put the oatmeal in an old pantyhose toe, of course, right?
Just about to say that. You can put bath bombs with bits in one, too, iffn you don't want to harsh your bath mellow by picking lavender and verbena leaves off the tiles.
beekaytee - Jun 24, 2010 7:24:57 pm PDT #23802 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Erin, I get that chafey thing happening in the summer as well. I believe it was Steph who hipped me to "Body Glide." It's found in sports stores and is of the gods. Even after the injury. I can't imagine living without it.
eta: I should have addressed erin_o with that comment.
Cashmere - Jun 24, 2010 7:30:24 pm PDT #23803 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I have badly chafed the inside of my thighs, through a painful combination of skirt-wearing two hot, muggy days in a row and the plastic-ey seats on my mom's car (pretty sure a significant part of my inner left thigh is still stuck to the passenger seat. ow.) Will oatmeal and lotion help this or do i just need to stick with soft inside pants for a day or two?
A bit of powder should help. They also make a product called Body Glide which I use for my chub rub.
Strix - Jun 24, 2010 7:30:24 pm PDT #23804 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I was all, "But I don't exercise!"
Laga - Jun 24, 2010 8:02:36 pm PDT #23805 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I have a rubber strainer for my tub drain I got at the drug store for cheap.
Trudy Booth - Jun 24, 2010 8:04:34 pm PDT #23806 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Antipersperant can help the chubrub get better (or at least not get worse). It can help prevent it too.
Sean K - Jun 24, 2010 10:15:15 pm PDT #23807 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I meant to post this last night, but....
HOLY FUCKING CRAP, FLORENCE!
HOLY FUCKING CRAP, WALL TO WALL VESPAS!
HOLY FUCKING CRAP, CIAO!
smonster - Jun 25, 2010 2:43:43 am PDT #23808 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Best travelogue ever.