All About Skin
Skin in the Game
Before, during, and after guides on how to care for skin with a diabetes device.
Useful Skin Adhesives
An article from Children with Diabetes on how to handle diabetes tech adhesives including how to keep your skin healthy and the tech functional.
Skin Issues Caused by Diabetes Devices
An article from Diabetotech on how to prevent and treat skin issues that result from wearing diabetes tech.
Preserving Skin Integrity with Chronic Device Use in Diabetes
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2018.0080
This article, published in “Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics” in 2018, focuses on the concerns of skin integrity and diabetes device placement for people with diabetes who utilize CGMs and insulin pumps. This is especially significant for individuals with skin sensitivities, pediatric patients, and those who use devices chronically. Skin complications are often cited as a barrier to device use and a reason for device discontinuation. Furthermore, it is a frequent topic of discussion in the diabetes community, although little research exists to guide those affected in managing skin integrity issues.
This article reviews current literature related to the prevalence of skin issues with pumps and CGM, discusses published solutions to skin irritation, and shares the consolidated experience of a large academic diabetes clinic to address placement, prophylactic skin care, adhesives, removal, and skin healing with diabetes device use. Recommendations for targeted studies, increased surveillance, and development of new adhesive compounds are suggested to reduce the burden of device wear for management of diabetes.
Last updated 2025-08-18.
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