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rash forerunner 235 wrist

After couple of month wearing the forerunner 235 24/7 I got a rash on my wrist, multiple tiny blatters, red dots etc, anyone now the cause? charging-contacts or the plastic band? I read some posts and will try turning watch house to inside of wrist & washing/drying after each training/day.
I tried wearing it on other (left) wrist - cause I'm lefthanded - but then it autostarts all the time, no idea why.... :eek:

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0 mariomobiel over 6 years ago

The problem is sweat, your wrist is always wet (for me) I have the same thing. I alter between the leather band and the silicone one, that fixes the problem for me.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

What I do is switch watch wearing wrists when I start to feel irritation to my skin. Usually within a day or two, I can switch back. I do triathlon training (lots of swimming & sweating), and I minimize skin irritation by rinsing my watch off in the shower and leaving the watch off for 30 minutes to dry.

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0 Garmin-Blake over 6 years ago

coloradomarc We encourage you, as well as any other user seeing skin irritation, to contact us directly or visit support.garmin.com for assistance. We take this very seriously and will need to gather some information from you to escalate the issue, as well as to reach a suitable resolution.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

Hi my wife wearing forerunner 235 not 24/7 but got a rash in her wrist like what you claimed here. Perhaps, Garmin should do some investigation or change the material that able support the durable wearing.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Garmin-Blake

I also had the same issue. It was infuriating. I would wash the band regularly, treated my skin with sensitive skin scentless soaps and it still continues. I had the cyan/blue FR235. In the end, I "resolved" the issue by buying a cheap nylon strap from amazon. It's less comfortable, doesn't give like the silicone band, but this is better than the rash and irritation. Still, this is a poor solution to a £250 problem.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

I’m the same, my wrist goes red, sore and very itchy if I wear it all the time. So now I only wear it when exercising which is a shame as I would like to track my steps. I clean the strap and underside of the watch regularly. I don’t normallly have sensitive skin so a bit miffed. When it first happened I contacted Garmin who said there was nothing they could do. I’ve ordered a material strap to try instead.