Skin Irritation from vivoactive 4

I had the same irritation/burn when I bought it and was wearing it day and night...Then I wear it only during working out and maybe walking...

in this way we will not be able to monitor heart rates, sleep hours. It is useless just to wear when doing exercise.

in this way we will not be able to monitor heart rates, sleep hours. It is useless just to wear when doing exercise.

in this way we will not be able to monitor heart rates, sleep hours. It is useless just to wear when doing exercise.

haaaa you tell me...welcome to the club :( 

I ended up drilling some holes in the part of the band that does not have slots for the clasp. It's not a 100% fix but did lower the frequency of skin irritation as it allowed a bit of air to flow. I'd be careful as this probably does reduce the integrity of the band... but it's worked for me the past 1.5 years. Would be nice if the slotted clasp holes were carried through to the whole band to allow air flow and look nicer than what I did.

I take it off every day when I shower, and wash the inside of the watch and band. That helps for me.

As many have indicated, washing the band will help. I replaced the band with a stainless steel loop one, like this.  
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I have also tried a nylon one and it was ok.  
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