SELF CARE FOR FAT BODIES - COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS AND RESOURCES

DISCLAIMER

NAAFA does not promote or guarantee any product within this listing. These are products used by or suggested by fat folx who attended the Self Care for Fat Bodies webinar. While products work well for some, they may not work for others. We suggest using caution in choosing any product for personal use.

During #fatliberationmonth2022, NAAFA invited Anna Chapman (@iamannachapman) as a guest on the NAAFA Webinar Series. During Anna’s episode, Self Care for Fat Bodies (From Practical to Pampering), we promised to create a post compiling the resources, suggestions, and information crowd-sourced from Anna and webinar participants. 

Be sure to check out the NAAFA 2022 Webinar: Self Care for Fat Bodies (From Practical to Pampering) with Anna Chapman on NAAFA’s YouTube channel. Follow Anna on social media @iamannachapman check out her newly released fat self care website, fatselfcare.com!

• Airline Travel

• Toilet Hygiene

• Healing a Split Above Your Butt Crack

• Foot Hygiene

• Soaps/Cleansers

• Keeping the Thighs Dry and Guarding Against Thigh Rub

• Keeping the Belly/Apron Dry

• Itchy Stretch Marks

• Bra Liners/Sports Bras

• Furniture

• Other Resources/Helpful Websites

Southwest Airlines’ passenger of size policy

https://www.southwest.com/help/additional-travel-accommodations/extra-seat-policy

Alaska Airlines also has a policy and they will refund it “if there was a seat available"

https://www.alaskaair.com/content/travel-info/policies/seating-customers-of-size 

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There were suggestions received for both home and away, so we have listed them separately here.

Home:

• Home bidet

• Handheld product

• Butt Scrubber 

• Bottom Buddy

Away/Travel:

• Travel bidet

• Peri bottle

• Travel wand for wiping (where you can wrap TP around the head) 

For washing purposes:

• Spongy bottle washer for washing your tush in the shower; can also purchase from the dollar store

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• Vaseline

• Desitin cream

• Aquaphor

• Coconut Oil

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• Foot scrubbers 

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• Remedy Soap

• Hibiclens

• Dr Bronner's baby mild soap

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• Monistat Chafing Relief Powder Gel

• Mega babe powder

• Thigh Rescue

• Neosporin

• Gold Bond Friction Defense

• Anti-Monkey Butt Powder

• Long-leg boxer briefs

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• Gold Bond Friction Defense

• Panty Drop elastic-free undies for putting under the "apron" fold - they have absorbent cotton, have a high rise, and go up to an 8xl (infinifat sizes)

• Pambra’s tummy liners 

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• Bio oil

• Clean with hydrocortisone or Aquaphor or witch hazel, then put a diaper rash cream on it

• Vaseline product

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• Super Fit HERO

• Pambra’s bra liners 

• Panache sports bras

• Bare Necessities has sports bras that go up to 50H

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Online:

• Wayfair now lists the weight limit of most items they sell

• Big Fig mattress

• Mellow Rocky Base E mattress base

• Amish Crafted Furniture Ltd. (Editor’s note: Not all Amish crafted furniture is made for higher weights. The link listed here is for a representative that features furniture specifically designed for fat community.)

In person:

• Austin’s Couch Potatoes (only in Austin, TX)

• Flexsteel brand furniture

• Custom made Basset Furniture

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