Horrible blisters/rash from Gear S3 watch

[anjusino]

I've had the Gear S3 Classic since launch, and I wear it every day. I only take it off to shower or charge.

Recently, I developed an irritation on my wrist under the edge of the watch body. It developed into blisters and then to a dry itchy rash. I kept the watch off for a couple of weeks until it healed, and then began wearing the watch again. The blisters/rash once again developed. I tried putting a large patch bandaid on the rash, but that didn't help. I just switched to my other wrist to see if the rash develops there too. 

Is my watch defective? Anyone else experiencing something this extreme?

[AntS]

Hi @anjusino. Doesn't look good. 😞 Have you contacted your local Samsung Support or your doctor about this?

[Libb]

I had similar issue, then I changed the band from a rubber one to leather and now I'm OK.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=gear+s3+band&_sacat=0

[lu22]

Hi, I've recently experienced the same skin irritation.  At first I thought it was a blister. Then my skin started to peel, more like rub off.  I didn't wear my watch for several days and it appeared to heal. I thought "good" and put my watch back on.  After a few days the rash ... peeling ... skin rubbing off appeared again.  

   Anyone else having this reaction? 

[anjusino]

Sounds about what happened to me! I scarred pretty bad and now don't have any freckles on my wrist there! I ended up contacting Samsung Support via Twitter and they gave me compensation for a new watch after trying to repair it multiple times.

[2loki4u]

Galaxy s3 Frontier Wrist Rash

Galaxy s3 Frontier Wrist Rash

So I've had this watch since launch and just recently, I developed this horrific Rash... I stopped wearing the watch for about 2wks and it almost was gone but wearing it again this week, after 2 days it came back again... Still using original watch band and I've cleaned the watch with rubbing alcohol 2x now - no idea why after a year +this started happening... 

Given all the other issues I've had with it since the tizen 4 one ui update, I wish they'd offee me an upgrade /replacement... This is rediculous... 

[Hbundles88]

I have this rash also from my galaxy active 2 watch. I figured I'm allergic to something in the band.