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!