The CGM Tan Line: A Field Guide

Every summer it happens. You've been wearing your CGM on your arm or abdomen and the skin around the sensor site has seen sun while the sensor-covered patch has not. The result is a perfect sensor-shaped pale patch surrounded by tan, or a tan patch surrounded by pale.

The CGM tan line is one of those things that is immediately obvious to anyone who wears one and completely invisible to everyone else.

How to Explain It

You don't have to. That's the shirt's job.

The Loud Sugar CGM Tan Line Club tee has done the explaining for you. You wear it, someone in the community spots it, and no explanation is required. That's the whole design philosophy.

Which Sensor Makes the Best Tan Line?

This is a genuine debate within the community and we are not going to take a position. We've heard strong arguments for several devices and we respect all of them.

The Other Tan Lines

Insulin pump site marks. Dexcom ring from the tape. The perfect round pale circle from an Abbott sensor. If it's diabetes-related and leaves a mark, the community has a name for it, and we'll probably put it on a shirt eventually.