limeyx
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thanks everyone so far, looking forward to more responses...
I switched from a neoprene seal because of leaks, so I'm not looking to switch back to neoprene right now...
my first few dives with the latex seal were ok...
I hadn't dove with the drysuit in 5-6 days, and it was just 1 dive that caused the painful rash...
I'm not sure if I could get udder creme around here, I haven't seen many cows in LA county...
scott
1) Seal could be too tight (try stretching it over a tank for 6+ hours to loosen it up a bit)
2) You could be allergic (as others have said) -- do you get the redness on wrists too ?
3) Some amount of redness is somewhat "normal" (At least for me and a lot of buddies)
4) use a cortisone cream before and after the dive on the redness
5) your hood may be pressing the seal against your neck, causing rubbing
6) if you turn your head left/right a lot, it can also rub
7) sometimes the crud in the SoCal waters (esp. red tide) can irritate it even more -- I get much more rash at redondo than catalina for example
8) are the seals new ? if they have been "in storage" for a while, the latex may be deteriorating (if it goes "tacky" or sticky etc) if this happens redness is inevitable