Spotty Legs - Bit grim
Spotty Legs - Bit grim
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S10GTA

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13,783 posts

196 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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Waiting for ridicule, but here goes anyway.

This has been going on for some time, but for some reason my legs have become quite spotty. Its mostly thigh area, but sometimes around the knee caps. I ride to work daily (same shorts for the return journey) along with other rides during the week, making about 10/12hrs a week but I never wear the bibs for more than one day. I don't shave my legs.

Any suggestions on what I can do to counter this? It's quite unsightly, and annoying me now. Obviously I scrub them when I shower each evening.


WinstonWolf

72,863 posts

268 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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Scrubbing might be the problem. I'd swap to a gentle soap initially and stop with all that scrubbing.

TKF

6,232 posts

264 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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Where is Dizzee these days?

S10GTA

Original Poster:

13,783 posts

196 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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TKF said:
Where is Dizzee these days?
punch

mcbook

1,442 posts

204 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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WinstonWolf said:
Scrubbing might be the problem. I'd swap to a gentle soap initially and stop with all that scrubbing.
Yes, definitely stop scrubbing.

A mild benzoyl peroxide gel might also help. Be careful though - it will bleach your clothes.

WinstonWolf

72,863 posts

268 months

Thursday 4th September 2014
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And your best bloody towels, my daughters have used this stuff in the past punch

Matt_N

9,035 posts

231 months

Friday 5th September 2014
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Are they spots or ingrown hairs?

I get the odd mark on the side of my thighs up near my bum area and it's always an ingrown hair, think they get rubbed away by my bib shorts then can't break back through the skin.

AyBee

11,321 posts

231 months

Friday 5th September 2014
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Start shaving your legs? wink

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

227 months

Friday 5th September 2014
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Drop the anabolic dose.