Hi there I am Christel from Diabetes Strong
I wear Dexcom CGM a Continuous Glucose Monitor
and probably one of the most annoying things is when it starts to peel or
maybe even slide off the body before the sensor has expired so today
I'm going to show you how to make your Dexcom CGM stay on
longer using overlay tape so overlay tape
not only makes your sense to stay on but it can also add a little bit of fun and
color to your life I mainly wear a Dexcom CGM overlay tape
during the summer months it's when I sweat more I'm outside I'm
in and out of the pool and the sensor's just more likely to
start to peel or even slide off I also add a tape sometimes just add a
little bit of color
I've tried a lot of different overlay tapes all the name of research of course
so but I've tried some different ones like the
Pump Peelz that have a lot of fun different colors it is paper though
there is the Griff Grips they're kind of hard to get off the
paper then there's the Dexcom CGM overlay
tape it's a plastic tape it doesn't work for
my skin I get really like red and irritated skin but it's free
which is definitely a plus and then there is the Skin Grip which
is my favorite this is just one color it comes in a lot of different colors
including skin color so I actually did a
full review of all these different tapes that review is
on Diabetestrong.com I'll leave a link to that down
below so if you want to you can check that out but as mentioned Skin Grip
which is the package here is my favorite so the reason for that is
four things first of all it sticks if you put this on your body
it will stay on for the full 10 days that your sensor will last or longer
it is also it's a very flexible material so I just showed the pink here
see it's fabric so it moves with the body
for that you know for me that also means that my skin can breathe I don't get
like this really red irritated skin which is a big plus
it is also affordable compared to all the other brands
this is one of the cheaper ones and then fourth it's
easy to apply what do you mean by that well
they have these four pieces of paper on the back so it's easy to get that off
a lot of the tapes unfortunately it's really hard to get the paper off the
back also you end up with a patch that's
sticking to itself sticking to you not sticking to your
actual sensor so let me show you how to apply a Skin
Grip and let me show you how to apply with
one hand only
so in this video we focused on how to make your Dexcom CGM stick
using an overlay tape and I showed you how to use one of those colorful Skin
Grips so Skin Grips also comes in other colors
it even comes in like skin colors as well but these are three of my favorite
colors so I have the green I have the purple
and I have the pink so I'll leave a link down below so you
can check them out online and also let me know down in the
comments how are your one-hand overlay tape
skills coming along thank you so much for watching