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Title: Thera bead pad smells
Review: The reviewer who complained of the smell is right but doesn't know how to avoid it. The smell comes from food residue in your microwave. The thin "cover" provided is to protect the skin from direct contact with the hot pad. I have had these as long as they've been made--have had back (disc) pain for 40 years. The answer I have found is using a thin towel wrapped around the pad while in the microwave which absorbs smells from the unit and can be kept afterward when hot, instead of a useless cover, while applying it to your body. The additional advice is to clean the microwave and especially the glass rotating plate and to wash the towel after 1-2 uses, or every time. Do these things and you will have little or no smell and no need discard the pad before its time.
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