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Permalink Reply by Gil DePaula on May 15, 2010 at 4:08pm

You should probably wear it. If you remove it, you'l probably miss a couple of readings, depending on how long you'll stay there. The transmitter should be able to handle the warmer temperature.

The only bad thing about using tanning beds is that you'll have a white spot where the CGM patch is. :)

Permalink Reply by melissa on June 10, 2010 at 9:56am

I'm anxious to read the replies you get to this topic, Gabby. I have an OmniPod pump and know that I just have to keep it below 104 degrees when tanning. I'm wondering about the transmitter and tanning beds as well and have contemplated calling customer support to see if they have an answer...

Permalink Reply by Heather on March 17, 2011 at 4:09pm

Hi Gabby, I just got my Dexcom in the mail today and I tan too. I contacted Dexcom and they said they havent done studies on this yet so they can't suggest to me what to do for safety and legal reasons. How has this worked for you???

Permalink Reply by Niki on June 3, 2011 at 8:30am

Hello! I have the Minilink CGM and I wear it in the tanning bed. The first time I did it, when I reconnected my pump my sensor had been lost and I just had to link to it again. Ever since then I haven't even had to do that and I haven't had any problems. I don't get white spots where the patch is either. I'm thinking this is probably because I don't go tanning every day and I change my site location every 6 days for the CGM. The only thing I have noticed, is that I thought I was scarring at the insertion site. When I asked my doctor about this she said that it is unlikely that I am scarring, that the insertion of the needle is probably taking my tan off in that spot. SO, where the needle is inserted for the CGM I get tiny white non-tanned spots. I hope this helps!