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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 714047" data-attributes="member: 29301">I suspect Tim is right  - there is no way they'd have developed a new adhesive - why would they when there are already ones in use for similar purposes.Interestingly, when I removed the hospital's CGM the other week, there was a very slight skin irritation at that site too - that was on my abdomen - it wasn't red or sore, just a small patch of flaking skin. I only wore that for 7 days, so I expect if I'd worn it a further 7 the irritation would have been worse. Abbotts are very clear that the Libre sensor must only be worn for two weeks. Maybe reducing the likelihood of skin irritation is partly  the reason for that. Many of us have started to wear them an extra day or two to let them acclimatise. Maybe that's not helping. My last one - the only one that reacted - was on for nearly two days longer than the others - a day early to acclimatise and nearly a day late being removed because I had to get home from work before removing it.Smidge</blockquote>

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