For those on Ortho-Evra

[twigz72.livejournal.com]

Hi :) I just started on Ortho-Evra about two weeks ago (I know that's not long at all), but so far I've not had any problems whatsoever. My only qualm is that I tend to get a little fuzz buildup around the edges of the patch, akin to when you wear a band-aid for an extended amount of time. Has anyone here found a way to avoid this? I wear the patch on my lower abdomen in the bikini zone, so it is mostly covered by my underwear, and wearing cotton versus satin-y fabric underwear hasn't seem to make a difference. Any advice/opinions/experience? Thanks in advance!

Comments

[whsprsatmidnght.livejournal.com]

I was on it for 7 months and I also noticed that. I don't think there's any way for you to get rid of it. I just dealt with it. Nobody except my boyfriend ever saw it anyway, so I didn't care. :)

[winifred.livejournal.com]

1. Once you put your patch on, dust the area with baby powder. This will stick to whatever adhesive that oozes out from under the edges.

2. Go to the drugstore and invest in some first aid tape. Once the dark line forms you can apply the tape and *gently* lift the fuzz off your skin, taking care not to lift off your patch.

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

You can never make it not happen, but I started buying those seamless micro-fiber underwear (not because of the patch but because they're soft, they stay "pretty" longer because they don't fade out and pill like cotton does, and because they're seamless, of course) and that actually seemed to help - not TOO much - but it did help a little. I wore my patch on alternating sides of my hips so the most that the patch would ever stick out was maybe 1cm at the top.

[skeptictank.livejournal.com]

Also, my sister would put it on her butt so she didn't have to see it cuz the fuzzy goo skeeved her out a little.