FAT TUESDAY: Anti-Chafing Solution - AMB

It was one year after my brothers death.

May 26th 2013.

I remember the day vividly. It was exactly one year after my brother had died. I had gone into the city to get a tattoo in his honor. And I’d love to tell you that I remember the day. That I felt the impact of the tattoo I got in his honor.

But all I remember was the shame of the heat rash under my dress.

At this point, I was in the largest body I had ever been in. All the weight from my weight loss surgery had started to come back. I was amidst the most horrible grief I’ve ever survived —

and yet the most prominent feeling devastating me was the embarrassment of getting “chub rub”.

I remember I didn’t talk to anyone about anyone.

I believed that this doesn’t happen to other people.

I remember finding a rogue reddit thread that mentioned how baby powder helped post the chaffing, but back then —

I didn’t know there were solutions to prevent chaffing outside of “just losing weight”.

Fast forward to over a decade later - and there are so many options to treat and prevent chafing.

AMB (or Anti Monkey Butt) sent me some of their products to try — and they are quickly becoming my new favorite chafing solution!

AMB had slid into my DMs a few weeks back — and I remember chuckling at their name. (I also remember laughing about it on this podcast of my podcast: Body Grief: Finding Meaning

I really love their smooth anti-friction chafing stick for those sensitive areas. I love how good it smells and the softness of the shea butter as it’s applied.

My other favorite solution is a two for one. The Anti Friction Body Powder is great as a chafing preventative — but i’ve been using to sooth chaffed skin. It’s soft calamine agent expedites healing of any chafed skin. Plus — it’s so on brand, as the powder it self is pink. ✨

Chaffing shouldn’t be shameful or painful.

AMB can help you with the pain —I can help you with the shame.

Check out all their anti-chaffing products here.

And get on my 1:1 waitlist to get strategies to unburden your shame around “chub rub” .

No matter what your grief - even the grief of chaffing —you are not alone, my friend.