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Let me start by saying that I have a lot of thigh and butt sweat going on. And no, I’m not just talking about hot and humid spring and summer days; I’m a serial sweater year-round, but summer is especially moist and musty. As a cyclist, I have pretty strong legs, but I’ve never been able to get rid of my inner thigh chub, meaning my thighs sweat and chafe, and if gone unchecked, I eventually wind up with painful red bumps that discourage me from wearing skirts and dresses.
Just in time for summer heat waves, I finally found a solution that keeps me chafe-free, dry, and cool: Thigh Society’s Anti-Chafe Slip Shorts. While I was leading a tour in hot-ass Jordan this April, one of my trip participants, Denise, gave me a pair of her Thigh Society anti-chafing shorts because she knew I was heading on to Egypt’s even hotter Sinai peninsula for a few more weeks. Was she showing solidarity with her fellow woman, or had she finally gotten sick of seeing (and smelling?) my butt sweat? Who knows.
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Up until the point when Denise gave me the shorts, I had been carrying around a couple of skirts in my luggage for two weeks, unwilling to risk the thigh chafing I knew would accompany them. As soon as I put on the anti-chafing shorts, I immediately knew they’d be a game-changer. In fact, I began hand washing them nearly every night so I could wear them repeatedly with my skirts.
The cleverly-named Thigh Society makes five different types of anti-chafing shorts: the original short (which are velvety and opaque enough to be worn on their own), the cotton short (ultra-soft but a bit too heavy for high heat), the cooling short (silky-thin, moisture-wicking fabric that’s said to keep you a few degrees cooler), the utility short, which features a handy pocket, and the staple short (the softest of the bunch and also very cooling but less-sheer than the cooling).
In addition to the five styles, the shorts are available in four different lengths and seven sizes that accommodate US sizes 2 to 34. Incredible! The shorter lengths offer hidden protection under skirts and dresses, while the longer lengths are visible under skirts and shorts—though they can also be worn alone since they are more opaque. Note that these are not shapewear shorts—they do not have any compression or smoothing properties, which means they’re actually comfortable to wear and won’t cut off your circulation.
Thigh Society’s “When to wear” page gives some ideas for how to use the shorts, such as while exercising, while pregnant, or as a visible base layer under a cute dress. Their short quiz helps you identify which type of shorts would work best based on the sort of coverage you want and how you plan to use them (under clothes, while biking, sleeping, practicing yoga, under clothes, or on their own, etc.). Personally, I prefer the 5-inch and 7-inch cooling and staple shorts, but my nurse sister, who also wears them to work under her scrubs, prefers the longer ones since she wants the anti-chafing protection to extend closer to her knees.
These anti-chafing shorts by Thigh Society are a serious game changer for those of us blessed with full thighs. I’m confident you’ll want to wear them all the time, so unless you feel like washing them every single day, do yourself a favor and order a few pairs.
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