Tips To Prevent Breast Rashes from Prickly Heat

by Theresa Nixon

In hot weather, and when breast feeding, many women will suffer from prickly heat and breast rashes.

From adolescence to middle-age and beyond, from slender to plus-size, large-breasted women come from all walks of life and experience certain needs in relation to a larger bust size.

Very simply put, many struggle with issues associated with skin-on-skin contact of the underside of the breasts and cleavage area despite wearing a bra. These problems can range from open, oozing rashes such as yeast infections, to simple odor and wetness.

For many well-endowed women, the weight of the breasts can cause a heavy accumulation of perspiration underneath the breasts and in the cleavage area due to skin-on-skin contact of the breasts against the upper torso area and being "squeezed" together while wearing a bra.

This can lead to uncomfortable conditions such as painful rashes caused by yeast infection, prickly heat, and general inflammation as well as embarrassing odors.

Many women are forced to use expensive prescription and over-the-counter creams, powders, and pills or resort to smelly, "homemade" bathing solutions of vinegar and water; but these remedies only address the symptoms, not the causes, of these conditions.

There is an easier way of addressing the situation that will usually provide instant relief and even an end to this most meddlesome and uncomfortable problem. In fact, it is so simple, it's revolutionary.

What is it? Cotton!

That's right! Wearing cotton bras (with good support that lift and separate), camisoles, t-shirts and panties help to absorb perspiration, keeping your skin dry thus helping to prevent rashes and chafing.

To quickly relieve rashes under the breasts simply insert a strip of cotton (cut-up from an old t-shirt) and place underneath your breasts to quickly absorb and prevent wetness, the condition that causes most minor rashes such as yeast and prickly heat (always check with your doctor whenever a rash appears to rule out anything potentially serious).

Health-care practitioners highly recommend cotton because of its superior absorption qualities.

Nurses in healthcare facilities have long used cotton as a simple preventative remedy in the care of bedridden patients to minimize rashes, bedsores, and other like conditions caused by skin-on-skin contact.

Cotton -- truly nature's own remedy!

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