The tiny filaments that give the pads their sticking power, are 
extremely susceptible to any trace of oil, grease or fat.

If any oil whatsoever, touches the surface, the micro filaments become 
coated and nothing will clear that oil out.  They won't stick.

Most modern soaps and washing products of any type, have moisturisers 
and are death to Lily Padz.  Just washing in the shower with a 
moisturising soap, and then putting on the Padz, can reduce sticking.  
They are incredibly fiddly to clean and keep sticky for that reason.  
If  you don't clean them quite often, the pads become clogged with skin 
cells, and stop sticking.  Talcum powder also kills them, for the same 
reason.

Personally, when mine stopped sticking on day 3, I phoned them up and 
demanded replacements, and had a long chat about what the problem was.  
But this was the UK distributor (and it was she who told me it was the 
wife who developed them, not the surgeon husband, which I've since been 
told by others...  it was the hubby).  They were changing the 
instructions to warn about the oil and moisturisers... most hand soap 
now has it, for instance.

I wondered then, if some women who might secrete greater densities of 
oils on their skin, would have problems.  I killed a pair I'd forgotten 
I was wearing, by getting into a bath with moisturising bubble foam.

It is an amazing design fault, that something designed to be fiddle 
free, requires a huge amount of hassle, trial and error, in cleaning 
them.  I was a very happy bunny when I finally stopped leaking, at about 
2 years in.  And as Jennifer Laycock said, the cost if you aren't 
getting much use on them, is prohibitive

Also, I know of one mother, who was in a baby fuzz when she got them, 
who slipped them into her bra, and couldn't work out why she was both 
leaking and sweating... she hadn't peeled them off the inner 'shell' and 
had slipped the plastic shell with the Padz on it, over her breasts... 
nope, they didn't work!  :-)))))

Morgan Gallagher

Jaye Simpson, IBCLC wrote:
> As with all products, Lily Padz work well for some and not others.  I have
> one mom who developed a rash from them after the first time she wore them.
> It eventually went away and she continues to wear them.  I have other moms
> who have the issue of the Lily Padz not sticking - I don't know why that
> happens - but for some it does.

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