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<blockquote data-quote="Marie 2" data-source="post: 2149982" data-attributes="member: 475037"><p>Hi [USER=53162]@Juicyj[/USER] I remember the first time I put on a G6, I had a heck of a time getting it to stay on, I’m allergic to tapes so I couldn’t use them. I used Elmer’s glue which worked for only a few days. For me luckily I had put it on my arm and wrapped my arm with an ace bandage.</p><p></p><p>I got some Skin Tac which is wonderful. At the beginning though now I wear them around 30 days I would apply more Skin Tac around the edges over the top and it would end up getting gunky looking. So I found having my hubby apply more under the edges with a Qtip for more precision as needed works out great and keeps it nicer looking.</p><p></p><p>I have to apply more with every longer shower like when I wash my hair or snorkel. I wrap my arm still when I snorkel as the adhesive just doesn’t work as well wet.</p><p></p><p>The other thing that helped some too is when I apply the Skin Tac when I first apply the new sensor I make sure to get the edges and I let it start to dry so it’s tackier versus wet and then when I apply it I make sure I don’t use pressure. I also let the sensor adhesive dry for about 10-20 minutes before I insert the transmitter.</p><p></p><p>I started doing most of all this before I was even restarting them as the adhesive did not want to stay on me!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marie 2, post: 2149982, member: 475037"] Hi [USER=53162]@Juicyj[/USER] I remember the first time I put on a G6, I had a heck of a time getting it to stay on, I’m allergic to tapes so I couldn’t use them. I used Elmer’s glue which worked for only a few days. For me luckily I had put it on my arm and wrapped my arm with an ace bandage. I got some Skin Tac which is wonderful. At the beginning though now I wear them around 30 days I would apply more Skin Tac around the edges over the top and it would end up getting gunky looking. So I found having my hubby apply more under the edges with a Qtip for more precision as needed works out great and keeps it nicer looking. I have to apply more with every longer shower like when I wash my hair or snorkel. I wrap my arm still when I snorkel as the adhesive just doesn’t work as well wet. The other thing that helped some too is when I apply the Skin Tac when I first apply the new sensor I make sure to get the edges and I let it start to dry so it’s tackier versus wet and then when I apply it I make sure I don’t use pressure. I also let the sensor adhesive dry for about 10-20 minutes before I insert the transmitter. I started doing most of all this before I was even restarting them as the adhesive did not want to stay on me! [/QUOTE]
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