Hello All,
I am garmin user for more than 6 years now (forerunnner 610 - forerunnner 235 and now forerunner 245)
I Bought the watch last year at july and was using it whole summer 24/7 for training (run and bike) washing and cleaning the watch after every…
Does anyone have recent info on rashes caused by the Garmin Venu stock band? My skin actually peeled off in one area because of it. The Garmin chat seems overloaded at the moment or I'd reach out to them there.
I tried to switch hands but then I had it on both hands. :-(
Then I cover contacts of my Forerunner 245 with transpore tape. After 2 weeks rash was gone.
Also use a barrier cream as prevention and let your skin breath for couple minutes each day.
Hi there.
I have quite the rash from my Vivoactive 3S watch band and am wondering if there’s something I can do to avoid this. I love the watch and would like to keep using it but it’s starting to burn when wearing it. I wear it in multiple spots throughout…
I am sorry I locked your old thread. When there is a concrete answer, I lock that thread due to automated spam bots we are wrestling with and having to delete those replies. I am happy to hear your skin irritation issue was resolved.
For any other Garmin…
I had a similar issue with my Garmin VivoActive 3M with rose gold hardware. To cut a long story short, I found Garmin Customer services to be excellent in helping me to resolve my problem. It appears that I do have an issue with nickel, so with hindsight…
See thread and response from Garmin - Rash or Irritation happening on my wrist by the vivoactive 3
Hope that helps.
We are sorry to hear about the issue you are reporting. The skin irritation may be a result of build-up on the watch band and/or casing. You should discontinue wearing your watch until your skin has healed. Please review the following FAQ that provides…
I have been owner of a Fenix 5 for 19 months. Have worn the watch 24/7 ever since, only undoing it for showering, charging and occasional "no-wearable-time". I am always cleaning my Fenix with water after every sport activity. Since a month or so I have…
