heatherrnw
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The known lubricants and water-repellents are petrolatum (petroleum jelly), silicone, simethicone, and talc. Anything else runs the risk of being snakeoil! I don't see anything in Body Glide that would convince me that it can be expected to work.Active Ingredients: Allantoin (Comfrey Root) (0.5%) (Skin Protectant)
Inactive Ingredients: Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Extract, C18 36 Acid Triglyceride, Capric/Caprylic Stearic Triglyceride, Tribehenin, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E)
Crisco is hydrogenated vegetable oil.Compeed Anti-Blister Stick
Ingredients: Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Cetyl Alcohol, Parfum.
http://www.beunstoppable.co.uk/education/From heel to toe, blisters come in all shapes and sizes – fortunately, so do COMPEED® Blister Patches. COMPEED® Blister Patch is a highly advanced, instant remedy - developed for the Danish Army, no less - it acts like a second layer of skin to help prevent new blisters while soothing and healing those that already exist. A COMPEED® Blister Patch repels water, dirt and bacteria and can stay firmly in place for 3 days!
What's Happening
1. Rubbing: Build-up, burning sensation – If applied early enough, COMPEED® works as a barrier to the friction, stopping the blister in its tracks.
2. Blistering: Water-filled blister forms – If applied now, COMPEED® can offer instant pain relief and speeds the healing process.
3. Open Wound: Blister breaks open, skin flakes off, wound can bleed – COMPEED® works as a shield, its impervious layer protecting the wound from bacteria, germs, and water.
4. Scabbing: Discomfort from hardened skin, healing slows – COMPEED® keeps the wound area moist, enabling new skin cells to generate faster and preventing scab formation.
5. Heeling: Blisters treated with COMPEED® heal 20% quicker – COMPEED® may be used preventatively in situations where blisters are likely to form.
The hydrocolloid particles in COMPEED® Blister Patch absorb wound fluid, creating a gel that protects the wound by sealing in moisture and preventing scab formation. In turn, this creates the optimal wound healing environment, speeding up the healing process.
Tissue is lost as a result of intense friction. The resulting wound is filled with exudate.
Hydrocolloid particles ensure the optimum moisture level is maintained.
Cells and nutrients disperse more easily throughout the wound, speeding up the healing process.
The wound is totally healed and new tissue is formed. Blisters treated with COMPEED® Blister Patch heal 20% quicker.
Tissue is lost as a result of intense friction. The resulting wound is filled with exudate.
The exudates dries up and forms a hard crust, known more commonly as a scab. Nerve endings remain exposed for longer, increasing pain.
Migrating epithelium cells are blocked, slowing their movement and forcing them deeper into the wound and slowing the healing process.
The scab eventually flakes off, often leaving skin scarred as a result of the imperfect healing process.
Hi Heather,alipilgrim said:Hi Heather,
Is there a seam or bunching of fabric at the spot where you get your blister? Often a shoe will rub just the wrong way from the get-go; which of course means that it isn't the right shoe for you. This can be a very expensive exercise, trying to find Camino shoes!!
Tia Valeria said:Hi Heather,alipilgrim said:Hi Heather,
Is there a seam or bunching of fabric at the spot where you get your blister? Often a shoe will rub just the wrong way from the get-go; which of course means that it isn't the right shoe for you. This can be a very expensive exercise, trying to find Camino shoes!!
We would second this about a seam in the sock being a problem. Our liner socks are 'flat seam' and the outer socks are just about flat too. We have seen some socks with very ridged toe seams which could give us blisters right where you say yours are coming. A change of sock regime might solve your problem
Buen Camino
Tia Valeria
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