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    Freestyle Libre Poll - Have you had a skin reaction ?

    No, not at all. Had to remove the adhesive disc from the sensor and apply using Opsite film as a barrier and double-sided sticky tape.
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    Freestyle Libre Poll - Have you had a skin reaction ?

    I don't know if the adhesive has yet been improved or not. But, my wife marks the position of the sensor in the applicator, removes the sensor, removes its adhesive disc and cleans sensor surface with lens cleaner, then replaces the sensor in the applicator She then proceeds as follows. She...
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    Freestyle Libre Poll - Have you had a skin reaction ?

    This is what my wife does. She marks the position of the sensor in its applicator, then removes the sensor using eyebrow tweezers,. She then uses tweezers to remove the adhesive disc (a bit fiddly!) and cleans up the sensor with lens cleaner on a cotton bud. She puts a patch of Opsite or...
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    Freestyle Libre Poll - Have you had a skin reaction ?

    Until then, and in case it doesn't work, what works best for my wife is to mark the sensor position in the applicator so she can replace it correctly. Remove the sensor and then peel-off its adhesive disc using eye-brow tweezers (a bit of a struggle but it works). Clean surface with a cotton...
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    Type 1 Freestyle Libre

    Contact dermatitis can be caused by the adhesive that holds the sensor on. Abbott have announced that it will be revised for April 2019. Some people acquire the irritation after months of trouble-free use. Some react after one or two sensors. It can be eased with various barriers, applying...