A weird cage issue

I think it's caused by the skin reacting to a change in pressure combined with being washed and moved around after being compressed for a week. It can split or become sore so that the cage seems uncomfortable. Best solution is to keep the cage on and wash through it, assuming an open design. And/or apply skin healing ointment. My experience anyway.

 

Leave the cage on. Learn to clean with it on. Learn to use Q-tips to apply lubricant as necessary after cleaning.

 

Loads of lube during the early years

I now use lube to help get it on. And then sometimes I do feel the need to apply a little more ...but this is not every week or even every month

But be aware and take note of the messages your body sends you
if you think you need some lube... then you do
far better to be over cautious with the lube than have to spend time out to heal damage that could have been avoided

If it happens regularly in the same spot... it might be time to consider a a cage change
I don't know anyone that wears a cage full time that has not at some point needed to change it

 

Yes it happens, has just the same only I’d been wearing the device every day for years and no problems, best option is to take it off and put it back on, and use a good lube to.

 

If you have a hand held shower wand, this is easier. Also, it helps me to turn it all the way to cold cold as a final rinse, and make that final rinse long enough to freeze everything through and through. It gives a little room for bits to move around better and dry.

For a steel cage, petroleum jelly + q-tip is a good answer for re-lubing the chafe-likely areas.

And if you have any issues with moisture or itch from wearing, Tagrid + q-tip is the answer. Burns like fuck, but works great.

 

Perhaps a different routine to prevent the skin infection rather than treating it afterwards?

 

Pubic hairs are rough! Normally they're squashed between soft skin and soft clothes, but when rubbed by a hard cage, it's the skin that gives. Put a pubic hair on your tongue and roll it around to find out just how rough they are!
Lubricants help a lot, you could also trim hairs in the region of the base ring, shave, pluck or wax, any will help prevent chafing, each has it's advantages and disadvantages.

 

Thanks. I am new to this and have the problem, I will shave today. Thanks for the advice.

 

Try silicon type lube, or petroleum jelly, and even Neosporin if your skin has been rubbed raw.

 

ironically it has been a product targeted to women to help prevent chafing. it goes on in a gel form and dries to a very slick and a very light powder substance. Search for chafing relief powder gel.