Chaffing

[aaron12345]

I have a slight problem with me skirts and kilts. Most of my life I've been a cyclist, speed skater, and weight lifter and as a result I have a 34" waist connected to legs with 29" thighs. If I do any signifigant amount of walking in a skirt or kilt my upper thighs chaffe very badly. When I wear pants the seperate legs keep the skin of my thighs seperated but with a skirt or kilt, there's nothing to keep things from a' rubbin. Could it be a matter of just needing to wear skirts and kilts more to build up a resistance to the chaffing or should i try to find some kind of solution to this problem?

[Departed Member]

Some folk use something called "Bodyglide", a gel(?) to reduce resistance between the thighs, etc. You could always try tights, I suppose (it has been suggested to just wear the upper part, i.e., cut 'em off part way down the thigh), but that does rather offset the feeling of 'freedom'!

I have the opposite problem, tr*users, underwear chafe terribly, always have, but that's got worse with age!

[Sasquatch]

I have a slight problem with me skirts and kilts. Most of my life I've been a cyclist, speed skater, and weight lifter and as a result I have a 34" waist connected to legs with 29" thighs. If I do any signifigant amount of walking in a skirt or kilt my upper thighs chaffe very badly. When I wear pants the seperate legs keep the skin of my thighs seperated but with a skirt or kilt, there's nothing to keep things from a' rubbin. Could it be a matter of just needing to wear skirts and kilts more to build up a resistance to the chaffing or should i try to find some kind of solution to this problem?

Maybe you should consider skorts instead of skirts. Title Nine has a good selection. I found two Activa poly/lycra tennis skorts on the sale rack at a Dick's Sporting Goods - marked down to $3.96 and then 50% off - so I paid $3.96 for both! I'm not bold enough to wear them outside the bounds of my back yard but they are the most comfortable things I own.
Sasq
http://www.titlenine.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=487

[cessna152towser]

Again, I have the opposite problem; trousers chafe my inner thighs so I prefer to wear a kilt if I am going to be walking any distance. You could try vaseline, as I used to wear with shorts for long distance running, but you'd need to be careful not to get any rubbed onto the kilt.

[MtnBiker]

Aaron, I have the same problem (for the same seasons). I use BodyGlide if I'm going to be walking or hiking, but only if I don't wear some sort of undergarment. The right undergarment (I actually like the $5 boxer-briefs from Target) can work very well without seriously affecting the freedom feeling. But that's it ... BodyGlide -- swear by it!

[r.m.anderson]

I wear bike pants sometimes called compression shorts under my cycling
gear be it kilt/skirt or skort. For longer trips I prefer the padded panty style
for comfort. Of course when riding a bike you have a horizontal bar keeping
the two chaffing legs apart - so no real problem here. Walking/hiking does
pose a problem of another sort. I still would wear a nylon/lycra type of
compression short - but this might not work so well with thighs that are
large typical of weight lifters. Too much friction even if the material is of the
polished/slick/slipperyness fabric. As for Body Glide or Vaseline I would prefer
to stay away from the greasy/oily stuff - just my opinion.

[binx]

It's not greasy/oily IMO. Think of it as a wax. It's applied like a deodorant stick. It doesn't work as advertised with clothing-type chafing, though, unless you keep re-applying it. Wants to melt in a hot car, but can go on easier that way.

binx

[skirttron]

Maybe a moisturiser cream would help.
I certainly find my skin is better with skirts and kilts than with trousers so long as I avoid wool or other scratchy materials. Dry skin like mine reacts better to getting fabric out of contact with it. I wear bare feet and sandals with my kilts in summer.