I’ve had my watch for over 2 years and have only recently started getting burn marks on my arm from wearing it. I wear my watch every day and use it for tracking exercise and movement. I’m so disappointed I can’t wear it
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Apple Watch SE
If you are feeling the watch is hot on your wrist (or generally hot to touch) a genuine heat burn is possible, but relatively unlikely because the watch battery is only small and does not really have enough power to make the watch hot for long enough to cause burning. You would certainly notice if this was happening, because making the watch hot would discharge the battery fairly quickly and you would be complaining about battery life.
It is more likely you have become sensitive to something in the watch or watch band, or possibly some kind if irritant like a soap or detergent trapped under the watch and not easily rinsed away. Take a look at this support document, and if you are unsure then consult your doctors who can look at the relevant arm with their own eyes.
Wearing your Apple Watch - Apple Support
looks like a burn to me. Watch battery is fine and doesn’t drain. Haven’t changed moisturiser or skin routine so the watch is definitely causing irritation
This has happened to me with my S8. I’ve only had the device since November, but just appeared since the last update. Dermatology said it is a first degree burn, not rash or allergies. Really upset
It’s not an allergic reaction! There is no need to go to your Dr. It is 100% related to these Apple Watches!!! I don’t know why or what it is but there certainly seems to be a lot of people dealing with it!! APPLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE!!
Appleburn10 wrote:
It’s not an allergic reaction! There is no need to go to your Dr. It is 100% related to these Apple Watches!!! I don’t know why or what it is but there certainly seems to be a lot of people dealing with it!! APPLE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE!!
So, if you burn your hand on the tea kettle, there's no need to go to the doctor because it's something the tea kettle manufacturer should handle? That just doesn't make sense.
And, Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can let them know your thoughts here:
I am having the exact same reaction and I have been wearing it for years. All of a sudden this year I get the red bumps that itch and it looks like a burn. I wish I knew why! I can’t wear the watch anymore and I love it!!!!!
How will that help? Apple doesn’t care/ wont acknowledge the problem. If a doctor were to confirm its the apple watch causing the burn through a fault. Apple will probably just say sorry and offer me a small discount off a new watch. 🤷🏼♂️
I have had my watch since the middle of October, and I am getting serious Burns from the bottom of the watch itself not the watchband. I believe it has to do with the sensors that monitors your health activities or possibly the battery.
I’m getting a small circle sensor burn, after 2 years of no issues. Is this due to radiation from cell service to the watch? I took a break to let the skin heal but then it came right back! It’s very concerning.
I did this too and found it worked for me. Sounds like an update issue with the heart rate sensor. However apple wont acknowledge. The apple expert told me it was constantly flashing due to my apps being open. Yet i have always had apps open and it never used to do that. :)
thanks for the tip!
If it‘s really this, though, it means that I‘ll need to get another smart watch because I mainly use the Apple Watch to monitor my heart rate and track sleep. From all the other posts I read, I have to say, I find it frustrating that it won‘t be aknowledged by apple because that probably means they‘re not working on fixing the issue. I really don‘t want to stop using my watch, but if the main reason I use it creates a risk of skin burn, then I‘ll have to get a different watch :/ kind of sad…
nfshirley wrote:
I don't know who you are, or what your agenda is, but please stop with your silly replies to what is quite a serious topic.
I was not responding to you. Please feel free to ignore my posts but do not presume to tell me not to post.
I have this exact same problem that has only just appeared. I have been wearing an Apple Watch for over 5 years every single day, and just recently I have started to experience these small marks on my wrist underneath where I wear the watch. I am currently wearing a series 8, and have done since it was released, but it is only in the past month that I have experienced the issue. I wonder what is really going on.
And no, I don't need to see a doctor, and I would like to be able to continue to wear my apples watch, as it has literally helped change my life.
I will maybe try the option recommended of turning off the heart monitor, although that is quite a big reason why I wear the watch.
I do hope Apple are looking into this, as it seems I am not alone.
Thank you for your reply.
I have visited my doctor, and he has said that as I literally have no other marks anywhere that it is highly likely to have been caused by the watch. I have moved it to the other wrist for now. I had tried cleaning the watch, I did this regularly anyway, but it made no difference. I also never said it was burn.
However, as I said in my initial post, I have worn an Apple Watch for a number of years and have never had anything like this appear. I don't wish to have medical advice from community members, what I really want to know is if Apple have made a change in the heart rate monitoring, because there are a number of people presenting with the same issue on their wrists and which have only just started happening recently. So perhaps Apple need to investigate or at least let us know the number of people who are presenting with this, albeit minor, issue.
It’s all of them not just S9 . Just google it.
seems to me Apple knows what’s going on they just won’t admit it or fix it because it’ll cost them money.
just because it’s Apple doesn’t mean you should trust them.
Count me in a someone this just started happening to. Apple Watch has become a problem. I sure hope they are looking into this. What a disaster. I want to use it to track steps and health stuff etc...
My Apple Watch sensor burns
