I suffer from slight dermatitis (oily, flaky skin) on my face (esp around the nose) which I am able to control using anti-dandruff shampoo. I have a small patch of irritated skin over my 'third eye' in the centre of my forehead and sometimes get one in the centre of my scalp too.
It has suddenly struck me that these two areas are where the pads from my cycle helmet make contact with my skin. These pads regularly get damp and give off an unpleasant smell. Short of ditching the helmet, is there anything I can do to prevent my skin being irritated? Any products available that would combat the bacteria that are obviously living in my helmet and giving me grief?
It has suddenly struck me that these two areas are where the pads from my cycle helmet make contact with my skin. These pads regularly get damp and give off an unpleasant smell. Short of ditching the helmet, is there anything I can do to prevent my skin being irritated? Any products available that would combat the bacteria that are obviously living in my helmet and giving me grief?
Remove the pads and wash them frequently in whatever your skin can tolerate. Allow them to air-dry in a warm place, such as an airing cupboard, so they are dry when you put them back in the helmet. If you don't keep them clean, there's a risk any bacterial build-up could give you a skin infection?
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It has suddenly struck me that these two areas are where the pads from my cycle helmet make contact with my skin. These pads regularly get damp and give off an unpleasant smell. Short of ditching the helmet, is there anything I can do to prevent my skin being irritated? Any products available that would combat the bacteria that are obviously living in my helmet and giving me grief?
The padding is generally velcroed in so is easy to remove. Once you have, just kill anything in it with boiling water. You can really go to town and use something like Milton bottle steriliser.
Though do note that a helmet is basically a comfort thing: you're trading unlikely but possible acute discomfort against certain chronic but minor discomfort. If the chronic discomfort has ceased to be very minor I'd be more inclined just to stop wearing it.
Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/
I suffer from slight dermatitis (oily, flaky skin) on my face (esp around the nose) which I am able to control using anti-dandruff shampoo. I have a small patch of irritated skin over my 'third eye' in the centre of my forehead and sometimes get one in the centre of my scalp too.
It has suddenly struck me that these two areas are where the pads from my cycle helmet make contact with my skin. These pads regularly get damp and give off an unpleasant smell. Short of ditching the helmet, is there anything I can do to prevent my skin being irritated? Any products available that would combat the bacteria that are obviously living in my helmet and giving me grief?
The padding is normally held on by velcro - easy to remove and wash.
It has suddenly struck me that these two areas are where the pads from my cycle helmet make contact with my skin. These pads regularly get damp and give off an unpleasant smell. Short of ditching the helmet, is there anything I can do to prevent my skin being irritated? Any products available that would combat the bacteria that are obviously living in my helmet and giving me grief?
Remove the pads and wash them frequently in whatever your skin can tolerate. Allow them to air-dry in a warm place, such as an airing cupboard, so they are dry when you put them back in the helmet. If you don't keep them clean, there's a risk any bacterial build-up could give you a skin infection?
or just cycle harder, the salt concentration from the sweat is dual function:- it helps keep the bacteria at bay, it rots the pads and dissolves the glue, so you need new pads instead.
