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By nanny ogg: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 18:59
.....not a food topic, sorry.
I have a problem, I am well endowed in the balcony area
( 40 e ) and in this hot weather this area gets very sore.
anyone else with this problem? and what do you use to soothe.
xxxxxxx

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By jeni_hope: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 19:03
Plenty of talcum powder - and I wear a soft bra at night. Got them from www.Bravissimo.com. I know how you feel.
Jeni

By Michele: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 19:05
I was going to say loads and loads of talc, too. Try for some unperfumed stuff if you can. I always keep a small canister of it in my handbag during the summer months. You never know when you will start getting hot and sweaty. Ditto a little further down! Trouble is if you leave the sweat to accumulate you start getting even more sore and uncomfortable and a rash can start up. Yuk!

By Expat Badger: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 19:16
maybe try an unperfumed spray anti-perspirant too. Stop the stickiness before it starts....
god i miss Bravissimo

By Expat Badger: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 19:18
oh, and try Sudocrem to sort out the sore bits....

Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 19:30

I had radiotherapy to the ''balcony'' area which eventually got very sore and red raw. I used Aqueaous cream
I also wore cotton dressings between my skin and bra

Jools

By Flower: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 19:51
Jools is right. Can't beat Aqueaous cream.

By Norfolk Gal: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 19:55
Go to the chemist and ask for some Canesten cream. If you explain what it is for, they will give you the right one. It really does work, and very quickly too. Tacl isn't always a good idea, as the perspiration can make it form little lumps, which will add to the discomfort.

By *Bramble: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 20:19
There is a baby powder from J and J that I use which has no talc. They have not been plugging it at all, which is strange but it contains
zea mays starch
tricalcum phosphate
parfum (lavender an camomile)
and I find it better than talc at keeping underparts dry.
I list the label -
Extra absortion
Johnson's
baby powder
lavender and camomile
clinically mildness proven
The pack front is mostly lavender coloured.

By nanny ogg: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 20:22
hello, me again, I have just got back from the late night chemist, luckily the pharmacist is a women she took me into a private room and examined me, and explained that the problem is caused by the same fungus that causes
athletes foot, and she said to use Daktarin foot powder spray
to kill the fungus, and then use Aqueacous cream once the soreness has settled.
xxxxx

By *Bramble: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 20:53
Magic stuff, Daktarin. Sorted !

By Oinker: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 21:01
Sorry ladies.............. but sometimes I'm glad to be a bloke!
But HEY!............... I have to shave every day!!
Blast! :-)

By Yummy: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 21:21
Sorry Oinker, but don't blokes have a similar problem but in a different area......just a bit further south !!
Guy who worked in the same office as I did years ago used to suffer in the summer with what he called Betty Swalloks....could have been a similar thing me thinks !!
Yummy

By Broomstick: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 22:15
Like Jools, I had radiotherapy in that area and used copious amounts of aqueous. It is water based and so isn't greasy and is so soothing. Jools - I didn't even bother with a bra (just for the benefit of anyone else who may need to know this for the same reason - but hope they won't ). They made me a sort of scrim tube which I wore as support with some wonderful cold jelly pads next to my skin. These could be rehydrated in the fridge so I had a supply. Result was redness, but no burning and no breaking of the skin - and I have VERY fair skin. Anyway nanny, back to your subject - glad you've got sorted xxBroomstick

By Broomstick: Re: ladies only....................
09 May 2008 22:16
p.s. the tube was like a vest (just incase anyone's imagination is working overtime wondering how on earth the tube went on!!!!!!!!!!!!!1)

By cake eater

Re: ladies only....................
10 May 2008 00:06

My poor mum had boobs which reached to her lap. When in hospital a nurse recommended Prantal powder. this dries the area, it is used by folk with artificial legs , to prevent sweating of the stump/ It seems this is a huge problem and Prantal dries the persperation. When your rash hs cleared you might try it Nanny
if it is under another name in your country the name of the powder is
diphemanil methylsulphate 2%.

miracle stuff.

cakes

By Morag Sydney Australia: Re: ladies only....................
10 May 2008 07:09
You beat me to it, Cakes! I was going to suggest the very same thing. I suffer like Nanny, and that powder clears it up a treat. I used to use, almost as successfully, Mycil- an anti-fungal foot powder from Boots. I was the cause of much misery for any visitors from the UK, because they had to bring me a supply. Now I know about Prantal powder I have no more problems! Cakes is right - it is miracle stuff, and if you quote its original use most pharmacists should know it, or its equivalent.
Hope you get a cool spell until you can get it cleared.
Morag.

By cake eater: Re: ladies only....................
10 May 2008 10:57
Morag.Im so glad I have small boobs and didn't get to inherit mum's!!!!!!!!!!

By gerry: Re: ladies only....................
10 May 2008 15:07
I'm quite shapely there but my mum had the build of an adolescent boy, but without the muscles.

By squeaky

Re: ladies only....................
10 May 2008 16:32

My sister gave me vouchers for Rigby and Peller Nanny - fitting for new bra this Monday, which I'm slightly dreading. Fingers crossed they restore my balcony.............

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By Sam, worthing west sussex, uk

Re: ladies only....................
10 May 2008 18:46

being a 34 gg/h (depending on the fashion of bra) I am feeling your agony.......in hot hot monhs, never wear under wired...and talcum piwder (johnsons baby) is the best option...and getting regularly sized..and NOT just from marks and sparks.....i have been ill advised from M and S twice, in 6months........ but do make sure your properly measured..that can count in all sort of circumstances...and the larger you are...the more i keep getting told NOT to have underwired..but how true that is id don't actually know!

but i can tell you sleeping at is darned hard at teh moment...

By cake eater: Re: ladies only....................
11 May 2008 00:35
i never use underwired bras. I rip the wires out as soon as I get home with a new bra. no more sore sides for me!

By Francisca: Re: ladies only....................
12 May 2008 14:43
I inherited the big family "balcony" but I must say that I have never had a problem.... I had a bra fitted when I was in London a while ago and I find that it makes a real difference. A well fitting bra makes your shape look a lot nicer and might also help you with your problems. Maybe not fashionbable to say so but I wish that I had small, shapely boobs.......

By Dolly Doodle

Re: ladies only....................
12 May 2008 16:18

I wonder could I hijack this thread to ask a question of my own - along a similar line.

I'm getting night sweats and in the heat of the last week I have developed a very nasty rash around my knees - on the inside of both from the way I sleep curled up, and in the creases behind both knees. I have dabbed at them with talcum powder after bathing, and again before getting into bed. Its easing on the insides of both legs, but still very red and itchy in the creases behind the knees. I wondered about Drapolene cream?? Any ideas?