Well, today in Northeast Mississippi was hot and humid. The temperature was in the mid-nineties with little wind.
I was soaked by 9 this morning. By early evening, even my socks were squishy. I was wearing a heavy cotton shirt that was drenched, and I ended up with a bad case of heat rash from chafing on the underside of my arms, above and below my armpits, and on both sedes of my waist. I used some A & D ointment that seemed to work ok, but......tomorrow is another work day.
I think I need to switch to a lighter shirt, one that wicks moisture away rather than soaking it up and causing chafing. What are the types of shirts you guys use to stay cool, get rid of sweat, and not chafe the shin so badly and how to treat it when you do? :-$
I love the new-ish dry-fit stuff, but nothing beats getting used to the heat or cold. It just takes time.
Steve
At least there are no pics.
First of all, I make sure no softeners, no fragrance,etc are in the washing cycle. Then I make sure they are rinsed well. I think the chemicals make it worse.
I use wicking undergarments, and a collared shirt to keep the sun off the neck. I know that two layers seems counter intuitive, but that seems to work.
I don't do the full sleeve snap shirt,but those old cowboys couldn't have been all wrong.
I typically wear an underarmor type polyester shirt underneath a good Dickies long sleeve. (I figure I am going to sweat anyway, might as well try and prevent poison ivy all over my arms and I wash hands and face at water cooler at least twice a day.)
But I still get chaffed. Not as bad as what it sounds like you got. Under the arm pits there really is not way to prevent that. Cornstarch at night and no Deodorant the next day. Again, you might be a little smellier, but you can fix that when you get home and cleaned up. Seriously though, cornstarch baby powder works wonders for heat rash under the arms and the other nether regions. If it is already broken out in the nether regions one good night of Clotrimizole (Anti-fungal cream) is like manna sent from heaven. That heat rash between the legs is actually a fungus, and a painful one. Not sure if the same is true for the heat rash in the arm pits.
That's what I use. Hope you get to feeling more comfortable. I know that is gets tough some days.
A thinner shirt would probably help.
This works: Gold Bond Friction Defense
http://goldbond.com/friction-defense.html
Fishing shirts do the trick . The sweat dry type . There collard and look good.
Go Naked
Buck Naked that is.
I find lots of good stuff at Duluth Trading.
I spent yesterday afternoon walking an overgrown section of ancient wagon road that is a common boundary with a few of his neighbors to locate monuments before he brought in a dozer.
Result was a rash from chaffing under one arm.
My remedy is Gold Bond Men's Body Lotion.
While in the military, a buddy got heat rash. His pits looked like raw hamburger and nothing helped. I suggested he use Right Guard aerosol deodorant, it cleared up in two days. It did burn like the dickens, must be the alcohol working.
Being in SE Louisiana with very high summer heat/humidity, I always liked a work shirt made by Prentiss from GA. I don't think that you can get them anymore. It was a light weight chambray type shirt but white in color like linen. They were good and reasonably priced but they would wear out.
But the best heat shirt that I have and I only have one because they are a little pricey is the Patagonia 'Puckerware" shirt. It keeps one very cool, wicks sweat and I do sweat and is very durable. They are very strong and I think that they can last a life time. I have had one for about `10+ years with no signs of wear. It sort of has a waffle weave to the fabric like a micro type sponge effect. I don't know but it works. Who knew that there was a shirt science?
The dri-fit shirts do work and are very light weight but the feeling of the 100% polyester is annoying to me.
Heat rash.If it is really serious
Try this, it was invented by a local pharmacist in our town. When it got major distribution, he sold out for mega dollars.
Another excellent skin treatment to help repair many ailments is called Bag Balm. Originally intended for the dairy industry, but is a widely-used cure-all today.
Don't ask me why I know about such things. I'll leave it at my father-in-law being a dairyman for decades.
Baby powder or talc. Always carry a little refillable bottle in hot weather. I get terrible chafing in the groin in that kind of weather. Trick seems to be to treat it before it get too inflamed. I like loose nylon UPF 40 light color shirts for hot steamy weather. My favorite is a fishing type shirt made by '10000 feet above sea level'. Don't think they make them anymore but I found some on ebay and bought them out. They have a mesh lining that keep the shirt off the skin and allow for air to circulate under the fabric. Being from Alaska, I have no tolerance for excessive heat. 🙂
Heat rash.If it is really serious
Betcha the active ingredient is Zinc Oxide cream. Of my seven kids, the first six had really sensitive skin in their diaper areas. Whenever diaper rash occurred, Their affected skin areas were lathered with Zinc Oxide and their skin recovered within 12 hours. Number seven didn't have that problem, she was adopted.
Get Zinc Oxide cream in a tube. Works wonders.
Mr. Mugnier is not lying
> Get Zinc Oxide cream in a tube. Works wonders.
Mr. Mugnier is not lying. If the skin is broken put a thin layer of 1% hydrocortisone cream before applying the zinc oxide. Relief in a matter of hours.
