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A garment is configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other. The garment includes an elastic tubular member having a dimension smaller than a length of the thigh

A garment is configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other. The garment includes an elastic tubular member having a dimension smaller than a length of the thigh of the individual, having a circumference smaller than the circumference of at least a portion of the thigh of the individual, having a top and a bottom, and having an elastic characteristic. The garment also includes gripping member(s) along an inner circumference of the elastic tubular member. Methods of making the garment are also provided.

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1. A method of making a garment configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other, the method comprising: obtaining an elastic tubular member, the elastic tubular m

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A method of making a garment configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other, the method comprising: obtaining an elastic tubular member, the elastic tubular member having a dimension configured to be smaller than a length of the thigh of the individual and having an inner circumference configured to be smaller than a circumference of at least a portion of the thigh of the individual, the elastic tubular member comprising opposing, hollow top and bottom free, unattached ends at a top and a bottom, respectively, of the elastic tubular member, wherein the top and bottom free, unattached ends are designed to overlie the thigh of the individual when worn, and the elastic tubular member further comprising an elastic fabric having a characteristic that it is configured to stretch circumferentially, wherein the elastic tubular member is configured with separate areas of differing elastic tubular member thicknesses around a surface of the garment for promoting exposure of the thigh underneath the garment to air; anddisposing at least one gripping member along an inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the top end or the bottom end of the elastic tubular member to form the garment. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the disposing disposes the at least one gripping member along the inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the top end of the elastic tubular member, and wherein the method further comprises disposing at least one other gripping member along the inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the bottom end of the elastic tubular member. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the elastic tubular member comprises a breathable mesh fabric. 4. A method of making a garment configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other, the method comprising: obtaining an elastic tubular member, the elastic tubular member having a dimension configured to be smaller than a length of the thigh of the individual and having an inner circumference configured to be smaller than a circumference of at least a portion of the thigh of the individual, the elastic tubular member comprising opposing, hollow top and bottom free, unattached ends at a top and a bottom, respectively, of the elastic tubular member, wherein the top and bottom free, unattached ends are designed to overlie the thigh of the individual when worn, and the elastic tubular member further comprising an elastic characteristic in a circumferential direction, and first portions and second portions of the elastic tubular member, wherein the first portions of the elastic tubular member are interspersed among the second portions of the elastic tubular member within an entirety of an area of the elastic tubular member and the second portions of the elastic tubular member are interspersed among the first portions of the elastic tubular member within the entirety of the area of the elastic tubular member for promoting exposure of the thigh underneath the garment to air; anddisposing at least one gripping member along the inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the top end or the bottom end of the elastic tubular member to form the garment. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the disposing disposes the at least one gripping member along the inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the top end of the elastic tubular member, and wherein the method further comprises disposing at least one other gripping member along the inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the bottom end of the elastic tubular member. 6. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one gripping member comprises a substantially continuous band. 7. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one gripping member comprises a plurality of gripping members spaced apart around at least a portion of the inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the top end or the bottom end of the elastic tubular member. 8. The method of claim 4, wherein the first portions of the elastic tubular member have a first elastic tubular member thickness and the second portions of the elastic tubular member have a second elastic tubular member thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness. 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the obtaining the elastic tubular member comprises providing the first portions with the first thickness and the second portions with the second thickness, the providing configuring the first portions and the second portions for promoting exposure of the thigh underneath the garment to air, wherein the greater thickness of the second portions is configured to provide separation and passages between the garment and the thigh underneath the garment for release or circulation of air proximate the first portions of the elastic tubular member. 10. The method of claim 4, wherein the obtaining the elastic tubular member comprises forming the elastic tubular member from a length of elastic material having first and second elongated sides extending between first and second ends, the elastic material formed in a loop and joined to itself to take a tubular shape. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the tubular shape comprises the first end of the length of elastic material substantially flatly overlying the second end of the length of elastic material.