Re: Re: Suggestions for healing skin after holter monitor

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Hi Rhea,

The reason that we use alcohol is that there is natural oil in the skin,

and it can be profuse in people.....and the electrodes come off. If you

don't have good contact, then you don't get a good tracing and no accurate

results. We use alcohol first, and then a deoiler....feels like you got a

little sand in your suntan oil.

Explain that your skin is supersensitive....there is no need to scrub,

just wipe gently.

Hope you are doing okay

Sue

>

> Also, any ideas on alternatives for the technician in cleaning the

> chest before applying the electodes? This woman used sandpaper tape,

> scrubbed it in the 5 places ( " OOOoohh your skin IS sensitive! Look

> how red it is there. I hope you don't react to the tape!

> **yeh...thanks! " ) to remove any peach fuzz and then applied alcohol

> before sticking the electrodes on. No wonder my skin reacted so bad

> with this sudden onslaught LoL.