# Omnipod infusion site itching **URL:** https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-infusion-site-itching/11966 **Category:** Pump **Created:** [October 24, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-infusion-site-itching/11966 "2021-10-24T18:55:22Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 15
### Author: ![Millz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fudiabetes.org/millz/32/12204_2.png) [@Millz](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/u/Millz) #### Post date: [October 31, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-infusion-site-itching/11966/15 "2021-10-31T00:52:12Z")
You are correct in the order it’s placed. I’ve been doing this foe years and have had no problem with the cannula piercing through. The Tegaderm sticks really well to my skin (I place it is locations with zero to hair). For me, it stays put swimming, in hot tubs & showers. But everyone’s skin is different. Here’s a post with a detailed step by step explanation of the process I’ve been using ((which includes putting an additional layer of Tegaderm over Pods & Dex sensors…I do a cut out with the top layer so I don’t cover the Pod/ sensor). I can’t think of the last time a pod or sensor didn’t stay on for the full duration (excluding ones accidentally ripped off). > [@Avoiding Sensor Adhesive Irritation](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/avoiding-sensor-adhesive-irritation/1085): > > In the last 5-10 years, I’ve noticed an increase in skin sensitivity (things like most adhesives, strong soaps, hot water–even hot tubs). I didn’t think about it much - my motto was “it is what it is”! Then a few months after my T1 Dx in 2015, I knew I wanted to start using a Continuous Glucose Monitor. Honestly, I put off getting one because I knew that adhesives didn’t like my skin! So I read everything I could about sensor adhesive irritation/ allergies and and strategies other diabetics sh… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.fudiabetes.org/t/omnipod-infusion-site-itching/11966)._