HRT patches keep falling off!

[awonderfuladventure]

I was on the gel and loved it but can't get it for love or money and have been given patches which I hate! Supposed to change them twice a week but they fall off after a day! What am I doing wrong? Put it on my thigh just below the knicker line.

Help please any professional patch wearers!

I put mine on my upper arm after loosing several! Apparently a quick blast with a hairdryer helps them stick. Also make sure wherever you put them is clean & dry.

I might have to try my arm next and the hairdryer trick. Am finding it a right pain in the arse. The gel was so easy.

I thought patches were only supposed to be put on below the waist? I put mine on my bum and put a waterproof dressing over it to keep it on.

I swapped to the sachets of gel. More fiddly but much less volume. Love them!!
Make sure you get the right dose conversion

I put mine on my upper thigh - I shave and exfoliate the thigh area and make sure that it is very dry and then put a Tegaderm over it. Never comes off.

I think it depends on the brand of patches. I have Evorel which are SO stick they don't move at all and leave sticky black residue all over your skin. A friend who is on a different brand has to use surgical tape to keep them on properly.

Put them on skin which is under your underwear. Otherwise leggings/jeans rub them off

I use a Tegaderm over the patch too and that is effective

I use the Evorel patches, and they are definitely not as sticky as they used to be. I put a plaster over them now to keep them on.

@awonderfuladventure
You absolutely should not be putting patches on your arms, they must go below the waist, putting patches on your arm will give you a greatly increased risk of breast cancer.
I find they stick best on my bum or hip.

I had problems when I first started using patches (evorel). Tegaderm is great at keeping them in place.

But then I started changing my technique for putting them on. Rather than slapping them on, I sort of slowly roll them smoothing the patch down as I go - a bit like slowly taking a plaster off in reverse. I also switched to putting them on in the evening, rather than after my hot shower in the morning.

I don't need to use tegaderm at all anymore ... but that might change as we move into summer and I got hotter and sweater

I switched to Evorel for a dosage change and find they do stick much more effectively. I also find putting my whole palm flat over it when I put it on helps it warm up and adhere better. Towards the buttock below the waistline works well for me.

I had Evorel at first. I got these to stick well on mid-upper thigh by shaving area, drying, wiping with surgical spirit, warming the patch and firming down well for 30seconds after applying. I now have Estraderm and they are dreadful. They are huge (granted it’s a higher dose but even still they are gigantic!) and don’t stick well. I have had to resort to buying tape from the chemist and run it around all 4 sides to keep them on. Good luck!

Thanks for all the tips, I won't put it on my arm. I hate the patches, hope I can get gel again soon.

@MarthanotMarfa

Put them on skin which is under your underwear. Otherwise leggings/jeans rub them off

This is what my consultant told me to do, make sure covered by knickers.

Anyone struggling with the size of patches, then Estradot are the smallest, they’re like micro patches.

When its patch change day I don’t moisturise the area after my morning shower and also I change my patch on an evening rather than just after a shower. I use Evorel and have had no problems with patches coming off.

Evorel user here. I stick them below knicker line. I have trouble getting them OFF!! Quite painful... Really pulls on my little hairs 😕

Have been wearing them for a month now and if anything I have the opposite trouble ! I put them on my upper thigh or bum cheek and they stay very put and are actually quite hard to remove and I'm left with residue marks! Are you using moisturiser which could maybe stop them sticking so well?

Estradot don't fall off. They are the only ones I will use.

hate hate hate the everol patches. Left residue, so they stuck, but they would roll up in the middle and I was never sure I was getting the actual benefit of them. If I stuck tegaderm over them I would get a painful rash.
i was so happy to switch to gel!
pharmacist said today they couldn't fill my prescription but gave me no advice on what to actually do. I assume I shouldn't keep taking progesterone if I run out of oestrogen!

Hated the patches, always peeling off, causing red marks on my skin, sticky glue residue! Plus I didn’t absorb the oestrogen as well so had bleeds every two weeks. Now on the Sandrena gel which takes ages to dry but is SO much better!

Those Korean exfoliating wash cloths are the best thing to use to get the sticky black glue off, I’ve found.

Love my Evorel patches. I’ve never had one fall off. Don’t stick them on after a bath/shower when skin is warm. It’s better to put one on before bathing rather than after. I stick mine on my hips, they don’t get covered by underwear and have never rubbed off. I don’t use body lotion in the area.

@elver they say they must be applied below the waist!

I find evorel sticks well, if anything too well but I always get a black rim of fluff from clothes around it so it's really obvious

Definitely put them on below the waist, mine go on alternate bum cheeks. Everol very sticky but won't survive a jacuzzi! Remove the residue with baby oil on a cotton wool pad.