# Omnipod: do Pods need special adhesive or precautions to last 3 days?

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**Category:** Pump\
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**Created:** [January 15, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-do-pods-need-special-adhesive-or-precautions-to-last-3-days/3234 "2018-01-15T18:53:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-do-pods-need-special-adhesive-or-precautions-to-last-3-days/3234/4 "2018-01-15T19:43:25Z")

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> [@From Animas to Omnipod - feedback after one month](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/from-animas-to-omnipod-feedback-after-one-month/3223/18):
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> Make sure the POD sticks to your skin well - (shave for those who have hair), clean the skin with alcohol, apply the pod cannula end sort of first.

We really appreciated @Aaron’s advice, however, once EH shaved a part of his leg and wound up with (what I’m pretty sure was) a staph infection. We had a topical steroid for a skin issue I’ve got and used that, but there’s still a scar/patch of pissed off skin where the shaving happened.

I would add: clean the area very well and shave with some shaving cream and a clean razor blade. (I’m sure that’s plenty obvious as I type it, but we were hasty at some point and it turned out poorly for him.)

I actually wonder if trimming leg hair with a beard trimmer would be enough…less irritating than actually shaving.

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