hi all is anyone in Canada that has the bottle of skin tac? I can only find the wipes on line in Canada.
It's the same in the UK. Apparently the liquid is too inflammable (dangerous) to send via air mail.
I ordered SkinTac today for my daughter. Last week one of het Dexcom sensors fel off after only two days. Someone did tel me that it can be painful when you want to remover the sensor.
You need some kind of tape in addition to sticky fluid such as Skin Tac. We (and many others) use OpSite Flexifix.
I’ve used Skin Tac before. It works as advertised.
I ordered my first bottle today and got my first look at the ingredients. No secret sauce or proprietary ingredients, just “Isopropyl alcohol, rosin”. It makes sense that it would help things stick. Ball players use it on their hands, violinists use it to increase the drag on their bows. Cleanup just requires the same solvent that the rosin is supplied in. Pretty neat.
What does not make sense tome is the lack of competition and the price. $14 seems like a lot for a 4 oz bottle of alcohol with a little rosin dissolved in it.
I ran the numbers for buying the ingredients on Amazon. Processed powered rosin sells for around $20/pound. Medical grade Isopropyl 91% sells for between $60 and $80/128 fl oz.
128oz of alcohol with rosin dissolved in it would cost well under $100. 4 oz glass bottles with applicators cost around $2@. Labels and printed boxes, another$1.50@. Product processing requires mixing, waiting and filling.
SkinTac costs $448/gallon. That’s more than 400% the cost of the material, and packaging. You pay a lot for a company to mix this stuff and bottle it.
I can’t disagree with this point. From my consumer perspective, however, I only need to buy this product once every two to three years. When compared to the rest of my diabetes insulin kit, this product is quite the bargain. Especially since it performs as advertised.
I’ve used Skin Tac wipes before; however, my recommendation is not to use them under an over patch. It took me forever to get the patch off when it was time to change the sensor and it was pretty irritating to my skin (see picture). It literally left me with raw, red patches. I’m not going to say it was super painful; however, it was definitely uncomfortable. I DO NOT recommend using it under an over patch. Perhaps only under the device where it sits on the arm may be better. Good luck!
I’ve had the same experience myself. Not as severe a reaction as yours but definitely some pain and irritation. I found that using Skin Glu and Skin Glee helps secures my sensor as well as makes removing it easier, without the irritation. Patches are also great at making sure my sensor sticks as I do a lot of running.