black kinesiotape

Just an observation about black kinesiotape. We live in Dallas, my husband was requested to attend a Christmas party in San Diego, so we decided I'd join him. I've recently had a flare that would not budge, so I became a regular at my LE therapist's office for the past several weeks.  I was kind of freaked out about flying and puffing up, which is what happened the last time I flew anywhere.  Our solution was mega-kinesiotape, in addition to all the other stuff we do to keep LE balanced.  LE therapist put on beige here and there.  Then, at home I put on what I had - black. All went well, less puffing than previously, and now that I'm home I've had very low swelling.  Hooray.  But the BLACK kinesiotape has left some significant tape burns everywhere it was placed.  Beige tape areas are fine.  Weird.  While both did the job, the black left it's mark, for sure.  No more black kinesiotape for me.  I thought I'd mention this in the event someone is thinking of making a purchase, and black is an option........go beige.  

I go to Covenant Hand Therapy in Plano (Gail Blom, owner).  They have 4 LE therapists, all use kinesiotape if you ask them to.  One in particular, Vanessa, is very enthusiastic about it and has a book of extensive designs which she likes to refer to.  I use it mostly for my truncal issues.  The LE therapists do my back and I tend to do my tummy.  Possibly your local sports PT's, sports chiropractors also use kinesiotape and could explain it but I'm not sure how aware they would be of using it for LE.   Go beige!