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Sometimes my lady is just a little wet and removing the pad is all that is needed, However, pulling the pad causes the underpants to rip along the crotch and makes them unwearable. Any good ideas on how to change the pad only? It sure would save some money! Thanks!

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I feel like a dummy for not already figuring this out because there seems to be many ways to accomplish this. Thank you for the replies!
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Maybe try another brand? There are liners geared for teens and younger active that have way less sticky adhesive. Like CORA and the “U” line for teens that Kotex does. They have less adhesive as often these are being slapped onto actual clothing as the wearer is going commando for a true no panty seam look. So it can’t be a firmer adhesive - like Poise - as it would ruin the yoga pants, bike shorts, leggings, jeaggings etc.
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You will need to cut (or fold back) a little of the adhesive cover off at the front and back of the Poise pad so that only a little of the adhesive is contacting the pad. Then it will keep it in place but not pull off the entire crotch.

But I agree with others that this is a psychological issue since the pull-ups are very absorbent. My Mother does the same thing, with toilet paper. Not sure what it accomplishes.
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Grandma1954 May 28, 2025
They are being attached to regular underwear. At least the OP states that the crotch of the underpants are being torn. I presumed that to mean cloth underwear.
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Make the sticky strip a little less sticky.
Or you can leave the paper strip on the pad so that the pad is just being held in place by the underwear.
To make the pad less sticky attach it to a towel first, peel it off and it should be less sticky so it should not damage the underwear.
If you use a lotion or barrier cream you could get a bit of that on the sticky part and it will make it less sticky.
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Do away with the underwear and use disposable pull up briefs.
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There are washable underwear that are specifically for light dribble, light incontinence they can be also found as "period pants". With these there is no need for an absorbent pad.
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I've often seen the advice to place a pad inside a pull up but it's never made any sense to me, the pads have a waterproof backing that prevents any fluid from reaching the layers below other than overflowing at the sides, and in my experience much of that will just leak beyond the pull up and down the legs (and an informal survey of members here agreed with this)

There are booster pads available that do not have the lining and will act as an extra layer but often they aren't locally available, you can also slit the bottom of the pads to allow moisture through but that gets old really fast. In my opinion it's simpler to just buy a more absorbent product, doubling up products isn't saving you money.

If you truly want to stick a pad inside a pull up then you can dust the adhesive with powder or stick and release it from some fuzzy fleece fabric to make it less sticky.
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Don't take the strip off. If using pullups, the pad should stay in place.
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