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<blockquote data-quote="Capt-Slog" data-source="post: 2085605" data-attributes="member: 500850"><p>I am a guy who is blessed/cursed with rather a lot of body hair...... all over! </p><p></p><p>I am hoping to have my first pump soon and wanted to find out if anyone else has experience of infusion sets/sensors and body hair.</p><p></p><p>I regularly shave my upper arms before attaching a Libre every 14 days. By about day 10, the area around my Libre is itching so bad I feel like I could scratch my skin off.</p><p></p><p>I am looking to change to a Medtronic G6 soon.</p><p>I believe that the G6 sensor only lasts 10 days, so maybe that will be better.</p><p></p><p>I tried having my upper arms waxed once.</p><p>Not something I am terribly keen to repeat unless you guys (or girls) can convince me that it gets easier over time.</p><p></p><p>I HAVE shaved my belly once. I guess I shall have to do it more often if I get a pump.</p><p>It only stayed smooth (ish) for about 5 days then it started to itch.</p><p></p><p>Any ideas would be appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt-Slog, post: 2085605, member: 500850"] I am a guy who is blessed/cursed with rather a lot of body hair...... all over! I am hoping to have my first pump soon and wanted to find out if anyone else has experience of infusion sets/sensors and body hair. I regularly shave my upper arms before attaching a Libre every 14 days. By about day 10, the area around my Libre is itching so bad I feel like I could scratch my skin off. I am looking to change to a Medtronic G6 soon. I believe that the G6 sensor only lasts 10 days, so maybe that will be better. I tried having my upper arms waxed once. Not something I am terribly keen to repeat unless you guys (or girls) can convince me that it gets easier over time. I HAVE shaved my belly once. I guess I shall have to do it more often if I get a pump. It only stayed smooth (ish) for about 5 days then it started to itch. Any ideas would be appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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