Originally Posted by rootsnatty
I thought you used a vac hanger?
I was taping wrong. I have since learned I should have been taping erect and slowly increased the desired vacuum level but I was rushing through it. I got too ambitious a little over a month and a half ago, might even be 2 months, I developed a small blister, I gave it a few days to heal and got back to it. The area must have still been weak and my tape was still wrong and I was still rushing the vacuum. A week later I forgot I had my glans taped and tried to pee with it on. I leave the middle strip so I can take it off and on, so I just peeled it back and continued to pee but I think by trying to pee with it on I weakened the adhesive and developed 2 huge blisters. It took 2 weeks for those to disappear and thats when I started to learn how to use the bib starter so I would keep making progress. I start hanging after those 2 weeks with the LG again but I’m still taping wrong and rushing the vacuum and really didn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. I hung without incident for maybe a week and then right before I was going to go on vacation I developed a small blister, that was a week ago. The scab is gone but I’m waiting for the skin to strengthen itself a little more and then I will employ what I learned I was doing wrong as well as try a slight tweak to my tape and drop the weight that I was using as I get the new techniques down and recondition my skin.
So through all of this I’ve been using the bib starter but it has been difficult to fit in and I was spending all my free time researching wrapping, attachment, etc. I decided to buy the hardcore and got it a few days ago. It has a deeper well, with its design I’m less likely to get pinched by the bottom teeth and I think it grips better. So far I really like it and I see many people eventually switching to it so I decided to go ahead and switch to the hardcore and condition my soft tissues for that. I found this thread through my research and it would seem to be an upgrade from the HTW and theraband combo I used last night and felt was okay. I have a few extra xsleeves I will try today.