What do you use to get rid of the glue residue from estradot patches?? I'm scrubbing and the only thing coming off is skin LOL
All comments welcome!
Sonja.
Baby oil works great. I soak a q-tip in baby oil and lightly rub it over the residue. Wait a few minutes, then add more baby oil to the q-tip and scrub away. It usually comes off fairly easily.
Quote from: Sonja on December 23, 2018, 09:16:55 PM
What do you use to get rid of the glue residue from estradot patches?? I'm scrubbing and the only thing coming off is skin LOL
All comments welcome!
Sonja.
I too have heard that baby oil and rubbing alcohol or both highly effective in removing the glue soap and water after that to remove the baby oil
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When you first start HRT the patches residue often adhere but after a year this is easily removed. Not sure why, but maybe the hair and skin changes from HRT. I still use Estradoil patches after 7 years but now they do not leave a difficult to remove residue, just a good wipe with a wet cloth suffices. I remember using makeup remover as being effective when I had this issue.
Quote from: warlockmaker on December 23, 2018, 09:29:03 PM
When you first start HRT the patches residue often adhere but after a year this is easily removed. Not sure why, but maybe the hair and skin changes from HRT. I still use Estradoil patches after 7 years but now they do not leave a difficult to remove residue, just a good wipe with a wet cloth suffices. I remember using makeup remover as being effective when I had this issue.
The skin actually does change when you're on hormones it goes from a rougher texture that males have to a softer thinner texture that women have I'm assuming that it also affects the pours themselves which would cause the glue to not have much to adhere to unfortunately I ended up with an allergic reaction to the glue on the patches so and stuck with either pills or shots currently pills
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I use soap and water and keep scrubbing because the skin will absorb whatever is put on it. Especially additives in baby oil and rubbing alcohol.
I use a cotton ball with 93% isopropyl alcohol to remove the residue from my 'climara' patches.
I also use the same to prep before applying new ones.
Quote from: Jessica_Rose on December 23, 2018, 09:21:55 PM
Baby oil works great. I soak a q-tip in baby oil and lightly rub it over the residue. Wait a few minutes, then add more baby oil to the q-tip and scrub away. It usually comes off fairly easily.
Jessica Rose,
Are these patches removed daily or weekly?
Do you place the patches at different places or the same spot each time?
Are they big or relatively small?
Chrissy
I am on the patches too. I get a lot of glue residue.
Yep Isopropyl alcohol. Very cheap. Comes off pretty easy with just a little bit of rubbing. Much better than soap and water or IMO baby oil. Try it. If you don't like it you are only out a couple of dollars.
I used rubbing alcohol for my lint rings. I was on the Samdoz rectangular patches, twice a week.
There was a product called 'Goo Off' that was available in the USA, it has a citrus like smell so I am told (I have no sense of smell). I bought a litre bottle last time I was in the USA and it is marvellous for removing sticky residue. It was sold and I have seen similar product sold, for removing sticky labels from stuff, if you see some get it!
Quote from: ChrissyRyan on December 24, 2018, 12:48:08 AM
Jessica Rose,
Are these patches removed daily or weekly?
Do you place the patches at different places or the same spot each time?
Are they big or relatively small?
Chrissy
The patches I use are twice a week. I 'rotate' between four areas where I stick the patches so the skin gets to rest a bit. My patches are about 1.6 inches long and 1 inch wide
Hi Folks and fellow Cabbage Patched EstraDolls, 24 December 2018
Thought I'd toss in my 2 Pesos worth; I have found putting baby oil on the area the patches occupied will help it come off easily when the area is wiped with a clean cotton ball. Lastly, I soak a clean cotton Ball in 91% alcohol and use it for the final cleanup. 70% Isopropyl is NOT strong enough; usually the 91% comes with a red label at Wally Land.
There is a product named 'Goo Gone" that is safe for use on our skin.
I personally will not use "Goof Off" on anything due to the ingredients, some of which may be hazardous to health.
Hope this helps someone. Some things work for some folks and not others; just have to try different options.
Wishing All here at Susan's Place a Blessed Christmas and New Year!!!
Best Always, Love
Christine
EDIT Note:
I must have been half asleep when I wrote this. Hopefully, it's a better read.
Soap and rubbing with a towel seems to do the trick for me.
But I am told Acetone takes care of it (nail polish remover), so try that?
Years ago when I worked in a hospital, we used something called Tape Off. Goo Off and Goo Gone are similar.
As with everything, you may be overly sensitive to any of these products, but for most everyone, they work just fine.
Nail varnish remover for me , tried alcohol but that made my skin sore . ymmv?
I'm at 9 months on the patch - two a week - and have also noticed that I have fewer problems with adhesive residue now that my skin is smoother. Any that's still left on my skin easily comes off in the shower with some rubbing. Personally, I would not apply any chemical to my skin to remove the adhesive. I feel it's the greater of two evils :)
Happy Holidays!
Amie June
I have been on the estradiol patch for many years and have sensitive skin that can be irritated by the patch adhesive.
As a former health care provider I asked my hospital friends and they recommended a commercial product; Kendall "Adhesive remover" in convenient single use pads that contain debase, citrus and aloe extracts. works well for me and I hope for any of you.
The evidence of my external ovaries has frequently been wiped clean ;)
Quote from: Tessa James on December 24, 2018, 02:45:11 PM
I have been on the estradiol patch for many years and have sensitive skin that can be irritated by the patch adhesive.
As a former health care provider I asked my hospital friends and they recommended a commercial product; Kendall "Adhesive remover" in convenient single use pads that contain debase, citrus and aloe extracts. works well for me and I hope for any of you.
The evidence of my external ovaries has frequently been wiped clean ;)
This makes me curious if while on the patch you ever had either a rash occur where the patch was located because that was the issue I was having was leaving the patch on for one week at a time was irritating my skin and the psoriasis that I already have so the psoriasis was trying to fight the adhesive
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I have had surgery ten times or more. Each time there was left over tape glue on many parts of my body. Not just my chest. Also arms, legs, back. I tried scrubbing it just does not work without pain. However baby oil gets the job done without much pain.
Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 23, 2018, 09:30:15 PM
The skin actually does change when you're on hormones it goes from a rougher texture that males have to a softer thinner texture that women have I'm assuming that it also affects the pours themselves which would cause the glue to not have much to adhere to unfortunately I ended up with an allergic reaction to the glue on the patches so and stuck with either pills or shots currently pills
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That has nothing to do with changes of skin structure. We tested them on all kinds of skins, when we developed them.
And I had my personal experience recently, I never got male skin or adult skin that is, and still got the residue from the patches. Baby oil, mineral oil and even butter can help to remove this residue.
Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 24, 2018, 02:54:51 PM
This makes me curious if while on the patch you ever had either a rash occur where the patch was located because that was the issue I was having was leaving the patch on for one week at a time was irritating my skin and the psoriasis that I already have so the psoriasis was trying to fight the adhesive
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I had this, and that is the reason why I moved to the pills. My rash was so bad that I had blisters on the patch site.
Quote from: Dietlind on December 24, 2018, 11:07:31 PM
I had this, and that is the reason why I moved to the pills. My rash was so bad that I had blisters on the patch site.
I never got the blisters but that's because when I first noticed the rash and noticed that it didn't go away because I was rotating my patch two different areas but when I noticed it wasn't going away I stop using the patch and told my doctor about it and she instantly put me on pills
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Quote from: Arianna Valentine on December 24, 2018, 11:09:07 PM
I never got the blisters but that's because when I first noticed the rash and noticed that it didn't go away because I was rotating my patch two different areas but when I noticed it wasn't going away I stop using the patch and told my doctor about it and she instantly put me on pills
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I worked with the manufacturer of the patches (because they get the base material and adhesive from my employer), to determine hat was wrong, and we came to the conclusion that they must have had a faulty batch of patches. I got new ones, and no rash was there anymore. But I stay with the pills, because my copay is wayyyyy lower with them than with the patches!
M doc just doubled the strength of the pills compared to the patch strength to make p for the losses in the digestive system.
Quote from: Dietlind on December 24, 2018, 11:13:27 PM
I worked with the manufacturer of the patches (because they get the base material and adhesive from my employer), to determine hat was wrong, and we came to the conclusion that they must have had a faulty batch of patches. I got new ones, and no rash was there anymore. But I stay with the pills, because my copay is wayyyyy lower with them than with the patches!
M doc just doubled the strength of the pills compared to the patch strength to make p for the losses in the digestive system.
I can get the patches in my insurance will cover them but they have to be the week-long patches and it seems that those were the ones that were giving me the rash the twice-a-week patches I had no issues with
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I heard that olive oil works well for the removal of residue from patches. I have never used any patches.
Chrissy
I use rubbing alcohol if soap and a rag during a shower wont easily remove it.
I always put lotion on afterwards. I have noticed that if I don't I will have dry rectangle shapes left behind.
Lacy
After my first year I got rid of the glue by switching to weekly self-injection. ;)
Quote from: RealLacy on December 25, 2018, 09:52:16 PM
I use rubbing alcohol if soap and a rag during a shower wont easily remove it.
I always put lotion on afterwards. I have noticed that if I don't I will have dry rectangle shapes left behind.
Lacy
I would try some other solvent than alcohol. Alcohol dries your skin out, bcause it removes natural skin oils, and could make any rashes even worse! Any kind of oil (as long as it is not motor oil >:-)) would be way better for your skin. Any fatty substance should do a fine job in removing the transferred patch adhesive. Goo Gone is oil based with some other surfactants in it that improve the oil action.
Wow - Thank you all for your feedback - appreciated!
I'm on estradot patches twice per week, I'm putting the new patches on new skin each time and I don't want to end up with horrible glue all over.
Thanks,
Sonja.
Quote from: Sonja on December 28, 2018, 09:05:20 PM
Wow - Thank you all for your feedback - appreciated!
I'm on estradot patches twice per week, I'm putting the new patches on new skin each time and I don't want to end up with horrible glue all over.
Thanks,
Sonja.
But think about it, it is real Minnesota glue! Most of all the glue is made in Hutchinson, MN! Some of it is made in Menominee, WI, but still good mid west stuff. And it all was developed in St. Paul!