Skin Grip CGM Patches for Freestyle Libre (20-Pack), Waterproof & Sweatproof for 10-14 Days, Pre-Cut Adhesive Tape, Continuous Glucose Monitor Protection (Tan)

Really happy with these skin grips so far no issues and had this patch on for 9 days and have 5 days left before changing my sensor, I’m a type3c and husband is a type1 and these patches are really good specially for my husband is nearly blind and keeps banging in to things and losing sensors. Just received the skin tone colour patch aswell. Before a apply my patch a use steroid nasel spray to stop any problems as do the same for years with my medication patch and works a treat and no issues with any of my patches not sticking. Highly recommend and will keep buying myself.

Excellent product

Very stickly

Absolutely not waterproof false advertising do not buy unless you don't shower or bath

They work great. Stick to my skin for 2 weeks just fine. Sometimes it starts to pull up on a small section. I just cut those off as close as possible and push down on the rest, and it doesn't come up anymore.

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Doesn't irritated the skin, comfortable, flexible, and keeps the sensor protected. Lasts the whole duration of the sensor life.

Very good adhesive but gets wet from showers and sweat, even though it says that it's waterproof. Slightly uncomfortable because of the wet feeling on the patch after showers.

I have to start with a negative that will hopefully be fixed by the time you read this: Amazon mislabeled a batch of Skin Grip Libre 2 patches with holes in them for this product, which shouldn't have one. As these were listed as sold by Skin Grip, I contacted the company. Heidi was quite helpful and made sure I won't run out of patches while this gets sorted out. Check your label when you get them, since Skin Grip products all come in the same mylar envelopes. The first question you should ask about a skin patch for your glucose sensor is how do they hold? That depends on your skin type. I'm new to this, but I've come to these adhesives are always a balance between how well does it stay on your skin versus how hard is it to get off of you in two weeks' time. And we're pretty sure that when it comes to my skin, no single product on the market is going to get that balance right. No, not even KT tape. So I've gotta use these patches with Skin Tac, and the combination does work. That said, many of my new CGM buddies use these patches and find they work well for two weeks on their own. Where Skin Grip really beats the competition is in how you put it on, and how flexible it is once applied. The patch has a coated backing paper like any bandaid, but it's cut into five pieces: A circle in the center and four quadrants around the sides. Stretch the patch at the seams of the backing to split them and you can start pull tabs and remove the middle circle. There's a light adhesive under the middle circle which makes it easy to place the patch on your sensor and then peel the rest of the backing away one piece at a time to get the patch down nice and flat. A flat patch that stretches with your skin is the secret to having the patch hold up and remain comfortable for two weeks. It's very easy to wear. If your skin is like mine the application process is a bit more complex—Tom from the YouTube channel TypeOneTalks describes the process: Choose a location on the back (not outside) of your arm, wash the area with a non-oily soap, wipe with alcohol wipe, wipe the area with Skin Tac (I wear a nitrile glove for this because I do NOT want glue on my fingers for the next parts…) Apply the sensor, then the patch as above, then use the other alcohol swab around the outside of the patch (but not touching it) to maybe remove a little of the excess Skin Tac. I dunno how well that last step works, the alcohol definitely doesn't get it all, but I do it. If I can avoid gluing my shirt to my arm too completely, I'm calling it a win. To remove, I use a cotton round and a little liquid coconut oil around and over the top of the patch. Go ahead and saturate the patch with the oil. Wait five minutes and the patch peels right off. Doesn't hurt a bit. In my case there's just a tiny bit of oil left behind on my skin but not much. You might need a towel or another alcohol swab or both to get all the oil off of you. If it sounds fussy and fiddly … don't let that scare you. In my case, my skin doesn't hold most tapes or adhesives well at all, and reacts badly to most of those it will hold unless I seriously glue them down the way the Skin Tac does. That's a me problem, not a Skin Grip problem. Once I glue them down to my skin, though, the Skin Grip patches do not feel hot or sweaty or tight, because the patches stretch with my skin. That's why they're simply the best thing I've found. Knowing where to put these things, how to apply them, and how to get them off afterward makes all the difference.