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What blister prevention techniques did you use?
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[QUOTE="David, post: 280666, member: 426"] My vote went for "[B][SIZE=4]Taping or strapping blister prone areas"[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]Though - this is me at the point of contact with pilgrims and not to do with pilgrims before I meet them! Anything to reduce friction would have my vote. [/SIZE] I have given up on Duck tape (Gaffer tape) now, as, although it makes the surface slidey, almost friction free, it will roll down at the edges and stick to socks! I now help others by padding pre-blister hot/pressure areas, either with a cover taped at the edges or, if between toes, padding - as well as checking inside the footwear for possible rough spots and, if problems are down the front of the foot, re-organising the laces to open up the front area. Compeed is problematical - I find that it really is a domestic product. Get a blister/pre-blister at home and whack one on and all is well - but out on the Camino, stomping along day after day after day .. they don't always do what one expects them to do unless the blister is in a neat enough place for the pad to work, sealing all the way round the edges. Also, unless the area is utterly clean before sticking the compeed down one can end up creating a petrie dish of growing microbes. So I now antiseptic, drain, press flat, antiseptic again, with a cream, and then cover with a padded cover and tape all round, giving the pilgrim a 'kit' to replace the cover a couple of times. [/QUOTE]
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