Originally Posted By FerretAfros I know a lot of people in the running community use duct tape on blisters. It seems like it would work really well right up until the point where you have to take it off, and it potentially takes all the blister skin with it. Not sure if I'd recommend trying that, but it's a surprisingly popular approach
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "(But seriously, the bandaid blister things were a godsend - way better than I figured they would be.)" Yay!
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: What I wanna' know is how ta heal a boil I got on my behind from ridin' a broken broomstick!!!! Now THERE's some pain that's goin' on!!!!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "Was it moleskin" It was not. They didn't have moleskin, which I looked for first. That's one reason I was so pleasantly surprised by the bandaid product.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb >>>I know a lot of people in the running community use duct tape on blisters. It seems like it would work really well right up until the point where you have to take it off, and it potentially takes all the blister skin with it. Not sure if I'd recommend trying that, but it's a surprisingly popular approach<<< A few months ago I had some really bad blisters, I heard about the duct tape trick. I too was worried about pulling the skin off, but I was desperate as bandaids weren't working and I couldn't walk without limping, which was effecting the knee on the other leg. And I'll be darned if that duct tape didn't work wonderfully, and it didn't pull off the loose skin. I will be taking a roll of it with me to WDW this June for sure!
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Who knew I wasn't alone in the blister problem! I'm surprised Disney doesn't still blister products in the parks.
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Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I'm surprised Disney doesn't still blister products in the parks<< I bet they do if you look for it. I know that they sell some basic things like sunscreen and Tylenol, so I would imagine the blister stuff is there too. It's probably just hiding behind the counter or in a back room with the rain ponchos
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I'm not sure if they sell it, but for sure you can get something at First Aid (for free, no less). My blisters were so bad, that's where I went first (at DCA first aid, not DL). What they gave me was semi-helpful, but the bandaid-for-blisters thing I got later at the drug store was much better.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I wish there was a way to totally prevent the blisters rather than deal with them once they are there. Part of my problem I think is that I almost never wear socks on a day to day basis. I have sort of a sockophobia. So when I go to Disneyland, and wear sock with tennis shoe type shoes (which I also rarely wear at home) my feet are shocked at the difference.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker The key is to treat as soon as you feel any discomfort or heat. If you do you should be able to prevent the full blown blisters.
Originally Posted By LuvsDsnyTrips I never get blisters....and I am glad I don't I always (summer or winter) wear flip flops or sandals though.... I could not stand any kind of shoe if it was wet.....sweatty or just wet (from a ride)
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Never got a blister in DLR (or WDW, for that matter), but got a nasty one in Colonial Williamsburg. Thankfully, I was already planning on taking a bus out of the historical area, to visit the nearest BofA ATM (back when I still banked with BofA), and there just happened to be a drugstore nearby. Which is how I discovered the new blister-care product (and I understand that 3M/Nexcare has a similar item; I can't remember which one I bought at the time, but they'd just been introduced). Where ordinary adhesive bandages have a gauze or gauze-like dressing pad, these things have a gel-pad. They also have a much thicker tape, with a very smooth, low-friction surface.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Oh, and I typically wear the same leather-soled Goodyear-welted Florsheims to DL as I wear everywhere else. Leather soles breathe, where rubber soles don't. At CW, I was simply wearing new Florsheims that hadn't been broken in yet.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 < Where ordinary adhesive bandages have a gauze or gauze-like dressing pad, these things have a gel-pad. They also have a much thicker tape, with a very smooth, low-friction surface.> That's what these bandaid things were like. Really worked like a charm.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I'm surprised Disney doesn't still blister products in the parks.<< There's even a ready made character tie-in: Winnie the Shoe and the Blistery Day.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I feel so warm and cozy knowing I'm not the only blister sufferer.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>There's even a ready made character tie-in: Winnie the Shoe and the Blistery Day.<< Oh, that's terrible! But I'm pretty sure I may end up using it at some point in the future! : )
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Oh I'll definitely use it on my husband next time we're at DL. And the best part? He'll think I'M the clever one!
