Early one Saturday morning, my partner was complaining of pain in his groin area from an ingrown hair that had apparently become infected from a shave several days prior. His skin was red, raised and swollen- very uncomfortable and he thought it was ready to be “popped.” As he tried to pluck the ingrown hair from the area, pus started to ooze out. Yes, this was quite disgusting and frankly “gross,” but he proceeded in pain anyways. After realizing, that nothing else was going to be squeezed out that day, he didn’t know what to do because applying a common flat bandage was not protecting him from the pressure being put on by his clothes. Being a Chef is not a walk in park, your constantly moving, bending, bumping each-other and basically in a constant flow-on the go. Several days later it actually got worse. More pus, more swelling and more pain. As he was lying down on the couch complaining and contemplating how he was going to move around at work with this large “cystic type” of wound in such a sensitive area, he said “ I need something to cover it, but not touch it!” I said “Let me google it” like most folks would say! After realizing there was NOTHING on the market easily assessable to accommodate the circumstances and with his doctors appointment days away, we had an amazing epiphany, created a homemade prototype and our concept was born!
