Shroobular Boobular

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Today’s installment of Ailments You Never Even Would Have Suspected Might Exist:

Athlete’s Boob.

Yes, it is yet another drawback to having boobs that florp down over the skin of one’s torso—apparently my sub-mammarian region is warm, moist environment capable of supporting life. Sort of like deep-sea vents, except instead of studying it to determine the myriad exciting ways life can support itself, I am trying to destroy the whole ecosystem with spray-on athlete’s foot powder,* because sometimes Science takes a back seat to OMGWTFKILLITBLARGH. If that doesn’t work I will have to move on to Plan B, which at this point involves that staple of all movies where you have to kill the alien life form: flamethrowers.

As you can imagine, I’m rather hoping Plan A works.


*The can says “Family Size,” which makes me kind of nervous, to be quite honest.

Comments

[ellixis.livejournal.com]

I had a nightmare about that once. Except that it also involved mold.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you're quite the expert! But... no sugar? Really? There go my dreams of getting rid of the fungi that regularly munch my feet to bits...

[blackbyrd2.livejournal.com]

I keep trying to come up with some kind of Family Fungus puns because of the Family Size thing, but none of them are really working all that well.

Here's hoping you don't have to employ flamethrowers and/or napalm. :)

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I know, you're just left thinking "... huh?"

I have had anti-fungal luck in the past with Something With BLEACH, but I should note that I am not a window frame, so it may be different this time around.

[blackbyrd2.livejournal.com]

I have been known to use hydrogen peroxide between my toes, which seems like it ought to be painful, but generally just kills shhstuff. But it might be safer than using bleach-based products. :)

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Hydrogen peroxide is only painful if it gets in open wounds.

[firinel.livejournal.com]

I get that from time to time too. I second washing your bras in vinegar. Also, douse that region in powder from time to time, as well as the spray you're using because keeping it NOT moist will be one of the things you have to do to prevent it from continuing.

Urea also helps (once I had it on my foot and the dr suggested soaking my foot in it), but... I think I'll save that suggestion after the vinegar/powder/athlete's spray, but BEFORE the flame throwers.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I tried powder in the past in Kenya, when I figured it was just heat rash. I'm a little afraid to try it now because the powder seemed to exacerbate another mysterious full-torso condition (that may or may not have been the same fungal thing, now I think about it) that my sister dubbed, for lack of a better term, "African Spots." (There's nothing so reassuring as having your doctor lift up your shirt to say, "WHOA! Never seen anything like THAT before!")

So I'll have to work myself up to try powder again.

I wouldn't have thought of urea, but it makes sense--but I'll try the vinegar first, on the principle that both are acids and vinegar doesn't make me automatically recoil. ;)

[bkwrrm-tx.livejournal.com]

Oh god, the dreaded boob ick. Yup, very familiar. I use tolnaftate spray and then jump up and down because it *burns*.

::sigh:: I just wish my boobs were back where they used to be, instead of heading south for the winter. I did consider getting both nipples pierced and employing a chain around my neck, but that seemed a bit extreme.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Nah, then you'd just have gauged nipples, like those stretched earlobes from years of heavy earrings.

It'd look badass, though!

[wendyzski.livejournal.com]

I had to go to a prescription-strength cream that's a mix of an antifungal
and a topical steroid.

Also, you can try showering/washing your bras with dandruff shampoo. It's antifungal

[pandoras-closet.livejournal.com]

Athlete's Boob sounds like something from the Simpson's or Futurama.

[sylvidoptera.livejournal.com]

I used to get stuff like that... then I started wearing antiperspirant under my breasts to stop the sweating and everything cleared up... even those damned zits I would get on the underside of my breasts. :)

[gethenian.livejournal.com]

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D:!

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my feelings exactly.

[caprine.livejournal.com]

Lots of people get skin problems in that area. I mist with vinegar and a little tea tree oil after bathing, then use a blow-dryer on the area until it's completely dry before putting on a bra. That keeps it at bay most of the time. Hot, humid weather makes it worse, of course.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Yeah, after I noticed it I realized it was probably common, but it was honestly never something that would have occurred to me if it didn't happen TO me.

First time it happened was in Kenya--hot and humid as it gets. I came home with about three different skin problems.

I have heard of a few preventative measures--tea tree oil is a good idea, but I'll have to make damn sure to keep it out of reach of the cats.

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

The other thing I might suggest is finding a "sleep bra" with no underwire to wear at night to allow the skin to stay dry. I was having some nasty chafing from the underwires on my day bras and this was the only way to give the area a chance to dry out and heal.