Board Rash

JeffRSpicoli

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Aug 9, 2019
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Holy moly! I just got back from a week long surf trip in the Caribbean, morning session and afternoon session for the entire week. The skin below my pectoral muscles is raw with skin sores, wore a rash guard the whole time. Any thoughts on avoiding this in the future? I surf weekly at my local spots in New England so wetsuit all the time. Just got back and now putting some Neosporin on in.
 

schex

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Jun 9, 2015
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Your skin gets used to your wetsuit - when I travel I take multiple vests and tops so I can keep switching them to avoid rash - sometimes turn them inside out to avoid the seams in the same place- depending on the top you can sometimes use a lubricant underneath as well
 

JeffRSpicoli

Nep status
Aug 9, 2019
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Your skin gets used to your wetsuit - when I travel I take multiple vests and tops so I can keep switching them to avoid rash - sometimes turn them inside out to avoid the seams in the same place- depending on the top you can sometimes use a lubricant underneath as well

Thanks! I just ordered the O'Neill reactor vest for future travels. Funny when I was younger I never got it this bad on trips to tropics.