/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8125913
Take your circle lenses out at the prescribed time limit (usually 8 hours). It's just not worth it keeping them in longer, and it might also be dangerous. I personally get massive headaches when I keep them in too long.

what about periods?

>>8126045
Get a divacup, changed my life.

I had a roommate at a con get sick and constantly coughed/hacked with her mouth open and then I got really sick a few days after the con.

>Dont hi-five idiots on escalators or running around the con.
>Use hand sanitizer/wash hands after touching items commonly touched at a con like dealers merch, controllers if your at PAX.
>Dont put on headphones at PAX.
>Dont hold onto escalator rails/stair rails when possible.
>Eat healthy food when you can. I usually pig out at dinners but breakfast and lunch I make sure I am eating good food.
>Vitamins.
>Make sure your metabolism/body is good going into the con by sleeping and eating right days before. (I know... BUT MUH COSPLAY!!!! Should have started on it sooner.)
>Minimize physical contact with ppl. Hugs and selfies are fun but you do put yourself at higher risk of catching something. You dont have to be hypochondriac but be careful.

All of these tips have kept me con plague free. It is all really common sense in the end.

>>8125917
This, left mine in for like 10 hours (with a break between, I switched costumes and lenses in the middle of the day) and my eyes were so dry and burning that I couldn't wear my lenses the next day.

Not worth it. They were all gross looking and veiny too.

>>8126057
Last katsu some rando came up and hugged me out of nowhere, got sick. This year I only hugged one person and it was a seagull, and so far I still feel 100% fine.

Granted, I was on antibiotics the entire duration of the con for tonsillitis I got last week, and it's not too late to still get sick.

I was sick at Katsucon. I started with a purse for my sick kit but ended up getting a kawaii apron to wear instead. Kit included: tissues, cough drops, throat numbing spray, chap stick, hand sanitizer (which I offered to any friends I hung out with). I don't think I got anyone sick but my boyfriend whom I cuddled with at night for warmth.
Sex actually helps sickness a lot but I wouldn't suggest having a one night stand with someone just to feel better yourself, cause it would probably make them sick too. Unless you're a selfish person, which I'm sure most of you are. But good luck seducing anyone with a cold.

OP here, anyone have a tip to to keep cool at a con? I seem to get sick from being so hot in my costume. I take off layers here and there to breathe and keep hydrated.

>>8126081
Don't wear costumes with so many layers?
Hand fans work pretty well for me.

>>8126081
install fans in costume? wear lighter fabrics? go take cold shower in hotel room?

>>8126081

Just like there are hand warmers, there are cooling pads. You can find them at most drug stores in the headache/fever section, but there are gentle gel-pad types in the baby section.

>>8126049
>tfw diva cups are too big for your vagina
>even the "small" ones

My quest for bloodless period sex continues.

>>8126045
It was hard for me to do anything on periods, let alone cons, due to my endometriosis. I ended up getting the depo shot so I wouldn't have to have a friend carry me to a hotel room due to agonizing cramps that paralyze me like previously before.

>>8126353
You can't even use divacups during your period... Anyway, diva cup works for me the small size is a tiny bit too big, so I'm gonna try out this thing called "ladycup" it's marketed to teens who've never had sex. Also, don't go near those fucking 'softcup' things, they were so big I felt like they were gonna rip me apart.

>>8126353
How do you have sex if you can't fit a divacup?

>>8126074
Boyfriend started to get a sinus infection a couple days before Katsu and on our drive up I started to feel it too. Turns out we were full blown sick for the whole weekend. But the only person we think we infected was one of our roommates. We tried to be as careful as we could. Your idea is super adorable though and I'll keep it in mind for next time!

>>8126360
Depo did nothing for my endometriosis, I ended up going on a dual hormone pill and taking phyoestrogen and it's fixed my shit cramps up.

The basics go a long way

>Eat regularly and make sure descent food is going into your body
>Stay hydrated. Hotel cons are super generous with water so use it to your advantage. If you are super thirsty and haven't drank in a while then avoid chugging down energy drinks
>Get some damn sleep. It's cool to pull the all nighter as its a con but make sure you get your rest as its gonna bite you in the ass down the road.
>If your feet hurt then either take a break or change into some comfier shoes. Most photographers don't shoot full body so your photos don't suffer. If your real anal about having accurate footwear then make sure you pick something that is comfy from the get go.

As for personal tricks I use.

- There comes a time during the con where photgraphers and other attendees stop caring about photgraphing cosplayers and are party hopping/hanging out. During this time you can stop worrying about being your absolute best. Unless you have a night shoot, gathering or in the masquerade you can ease off your cosplay a bit such as removing your makeup, switch to comfier shoes, leave big props and accessories in your room or just changing into casual clothes in general.

- Usually after a big con day I'm going to wake up all busted up and sore. I actually picked up doing DDP yoga and have incorperated many of those stretches to help ease the tense in my back and shoulders and its gone a long way of making me feel better for the next day.

>>8126365
Im p sure she puts it wrong.

>>8126087
Still the amount of body heat in the rooms get to me even in my lightest costume.

>>8126365
>>8126363
Oh snap, I guess I meant softcups. Those were horrific and gave me an infection. I have no idea how people claim to have sex with those. The bf's dick size is pretty big so I don't expect the diva cup to work either. I even tried sea sponges (soft and squishy!) but they irritated the head of his dick. They work great for periods, though.

Keeping this /cgl/-related, somehow the local con I always go to always falls on my shark week. Last time I used my birth control to adjust it.
>oh god I just looked at the calender and I'll be spewing blood next con
>I better have a light flow goddammit

>>8126405
Divacups are completely different from softcups, I'd suggest looking them up. They aren't made to have sex while in, but they are a great alternative to tampons, no one should use tampons.

>>8126408
Thanks, I'll try them someday! I'll stick with the sponges, though, since I already have them. Yeah, tampons are pretty nasty.

>>8125913
>go to con
>meet friends
>room with friends
>one has a cough
>"Don't worry anon, I'm just getting over a cold!"

>get home, feel like crap
>go from crap to utter shit
>can't get out of bed
>fever of over 100F

>get fucking pneumonia
>still having trouble breathing deeply a month later

>talk to con friends
>another girl in the room got it too
>fucking cold my ass, you bitch

>>8126408
> no one should used tampons
How come? Is there something I don't know about them?

>>8125913
There was no fucking space at the last con I attended and so fucking much people. I bought a two-day ticket but ended up feeling so bad after a day in the crowd that I didn't come the second day.

>>8126553
Well, other than the fact that cotton has too high of an absorption rate for the vagina, the tampons themselves have shitty chemiclas in them from the bleaching and production of cotton and the overall 'sterilization'. Messed up PH balance, yeast and bacterial infections, increased chances of UTI, bad cramps and tons of other random bullshit are actually pretty common but things like toxic shock is rare but deadly and they can even increase risk of infertility.

Tampons are just really bad for you.

>Dont go to the con if you are already sick.

Seriously. I know its a waste of money and people are excited to go but you are putting others at risk. I am just waiting now for the news of a con having a measles outbreak because some idiot decided to go to a con while infected. Like how there was that Swine Flu outbreak a couple years back at PAX. Also didnt someone die after last Katsucon after contracting H1n1? Dont feel good? Be a bro and stay home.

>>8125913
Got strep throat at my very first convention. Wasn't feeling all that great Saturday afternoon and it just got progressively worse from there. Had to stay in the hotel Saturday night because I couldn't even swallow because it hurt so much. I was half-dead by Sunday and I left early.

Otherwise, I haven't had any issues with being sick at cons. I don't do anything special, just don't usually get sick.

Not sure if this counts, but last time I went to my con, I'm pretty sure I got something of an anxiety attack. I had never had a problem like that previously. I went with my brother last time and when we set off to do our own things I started to get hot and scared and had feelings of being lost and trapped. My heart was going nuts. It stayed even when I went to lesser crowded areas. It was only when my brother took me to the food court of the mall next door that I calmed down. I felt so bad and embarrassed and I hadn't been able to go to a con since.
Has anyone else have this happened to them? Is there anything you did to help?

>>8126595
Sounds like a bunch of hippie mum bollocks

>>8126658
Not the person you're replying to but honestly, it's so much more cost effective than tampons, and you get up to 12 hours of protection and it doesn't leak like tampons did (for me at least). I regret not making the switch sooner. For cons it is a godsend because I don't have to keep changing my tampon every few hours. It just sucks if you have to change it in a public restroom, but some places have handicap bathrooms with their own sink or just bring baby wipes if there isn't one.

>>8126653
I don't have anxiety attacks very often anymore, but they tend to happen when I go places alone as well. What I do is get water, go outside, and listen to music if I can. It helps if I have someone I trust who can help talk me down too, but sometimes you just have to make the best of it and ride it out until you calm down.

>tfw I got pinkeye halfway through the con

>>8126868
that's why you don't go ass to mouth

>>8125913
Probably avoid convention food stands, unless you enjoy food poisoning.

>work at maid cafe at small con
>some people decide to just be jackasses and not help
>have to do 40% of the tables on my own
>do this because the owner is a nice person don't wanna let her down
>only get a break of 10 minutes
>forgot to eat
>forgot to drink
>faint in the end
>all the jackasses apologize for making me work so hard
>don't forgive them
>lazy bastards

Vitamins will help protect you so much.
Also EmergenC is a god send. I usually take them at least a week before the con and 2 a day during the con. Also drink lots of water and sleep a good amount, the usual shit.

Last con was in January and really cold, I got super drunk and ran around in shorts most of the weekend and did all the shit that should get you sick and didn't get any of it. Was really happy.

>>MLG a few years ago in Providence.
>>Cheap student and water is expensive front the venders outside.
>> MLG had a deal with Dr. Pepper, FREE DR PEPPER
>> FREE DR PEPPER
>> Blood sugar goes to shit, severe gas and unholy diarrhea
>> Dr. Pepper never again, smuggled water in for the rest of the weekend

>>8126595
>>8126658
reporting in for anon who got early onset TSS at con

>at con
>on period, fucking great
>stop and get one of those 25 cent cheapo cardboard tampons in the public restroom
>go on my merry way, really busy day
>string falls off the cheapo tampon
>go to bathroom
>can't feel tampon
>"it was really busy today, I must have taken it out and forgotten"
>2 days go by
>get home from con
>feeling shitty like the flu
>really weird discharge coming from vag
>still cannot fucking feel this wad of cotton inside of me
>night of day 3
>fever, can't stop puking every 10 minutes
>after 2 hours go to hospital, can't walk, delirious
>put me on morphine, they can't figure out whats wrong
>high as a kite, say something about maybe having a vag infection
>"okay anon we'll check"
>placed in stirrups
>out comes a tampon
>"HOLY FUCKING SHIT"
>"well that'll do it"
>doctor scrams, immediately antibiotics

some serious shit though

>>8130164
fucking ew but glad to hear you didn't die

I got a 102.5 degree fever at AKON. I get routine sickness all the time, this time it was just really bad. The medical tent staff there were AWESOME. I recently also had another spike at the last con I went to and once again medical tent staff to the rescue. If you feel sick and are attending the con, you should go to their medical check up area if they have one and get your temperature taken first, then probably get some food. Almost always get sick before, during, or after. I now take hand sanitizer with me and use it all the time. That has been a huge life saver.

>>8130164
how do you forget that a wad of cotton is up inside of you?

At PAXAUS I fell off a 1m high step just outside the building. One of those woo convention center aesthetic things. Tore up my think woollen stockings and the vulnerable leg meat underneath. Also left a big divot on my hand that got super infected too. Most gallingly I scraped up the side of my knee high Docs.
My body heals but scuffed Docs are forever!

Wore new shoes and they pinched the back of my heels. Didn't think anything of it but by the end of my night they REALLY hurt. I had to curl up my toes to make extra room in them to walk less painfully. Took my shoes off and my socks were all bloody. The backs of my heels were huge blistered/rubbed raw messes.
Always break in your shoes.

>>8130522
it's my gaping loose vagina, it's so huge it's like hammerspace and it just got lost

>>8125913
>Avoid pulling all-nighters the week before the con.
Less sleep = potentially lowered immune system.
>Stay hydrated
>Wash your fucking hands
>Carry sanitizer, bandages, painkillers, etc. with you
>Make sure you're actually eating.
Andmake sure it's real food and not just junk/pocky
>If you're female, bring tampons or pads or whatever--even if you're not on your period, you could always help a less proactive friend/congoer
>Maybe don't make out with strangers

I had a sore throat at AWA last year. It come on pretty slow so at first I didn't want to believe I was sick. I was fine waiting in the reg line on Friday afternoon, but after I changed into cosplay I started feeling worse and worse. It was hard to talk but nobody guessed that I was sick. I had to drink egg soup since that's all I could get down. Still managed to stay up pretty late that night, but no partying for me. Ended up making paper planes with some friends using schedules lying around.

The next day I bought riccola and that helped immensly. I was sucking those things down all day and sunday, but still couldn't really party. Actually it was kinda nice being sober during the entirety of a con. I usually drink or smoke but I still ended up having fun. What also really helped me was being able to take a nap in my van (since I didn't have a hotel room). I wonder how many people I got sick lel.

I hardly ever get sick in general. Never been sick after a con and don't know where that one came from.