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Moleskin hunt!

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SallyandtheFox

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08/05/2023
I'm in Logroño (finally back on the road after illness) and I'm looking for moleskin but I've yet to find it in any Spanish Farmacias? Any tips?
 
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Any farmacia will have Omnifix. I just bought some today. It doesn't provide cushioning, but a big piece across the vulnerable area provides good protection from blisterd.
 
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trecile said:
I suggest buying some Omnifix tape instead. That's what a pharmacist recommended to me in Zubiri back in 2017, and I've been using it ever since. It, or the similar Hypafix are widely available in farmácias in Spain.

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And when already an open blister you can first apply this sterile gauze.Then put Omnifix tape on gauze for extra safety. This seems to work for me the last days ,seeing I developed a nasty open blister after experimenting with new shoes...

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I’ve never really noticed it outside the UK.

You might try standard zinc-oxide tape, using four strips to make a hollow-cross around the area? In most large farmacias I often see a large rack of foot-care stuff - usually right by the door on a Camino route.

Maybe try saying (or typing if you’ve little Spanish) ‘busco tejido autoadhesivo para podología’ ; I’m looking for self-adhesive fabric for chiropody.
 
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I had to ask at the farmacia. Much of there stock is stored up and out of sight but I was able to buy the moleskin-like product successfully. Show the clerk a picture of what you're looking for.
 
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I used both moleskin and Trtitas by Hartman and found the Tiritas to be way more effective. Unlike Moleskin you don't have to cut around the blister. It's like a second skin that you place right over the blister. Worked great. last long..
 
Here's an image show it to the Pharmacist.. Buen Camino!
 

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