inverted circular dish shaped configuration the housing has a substantially planar central portion 5 near its periphery the housing 1d has a portion 6a which curves downwardly and outwardly and which terminates in a laterally and inwardly extending annular flange like portion 10 the portion 10 has a relatively wide flat annular skin contacting surface 11 the portion 10 can also serve as a retaining means for an absorbent pad not shown if desired the use of the housing 1d and the material from which it is made are the same as described with respect to the embodiment 1 of fig1 through 6 the housings of the present invention are re usable under many circumstances absorbent pads 2 of various diameters can be used in the same housing it is also within the scope of the invention to produce the housing of the present invention in various sizes while dimensions are not intended to constitute a limitation of the present invention excellent results have been achieved with the patch system of the present invention wherein the housing 1 had an overall diameter of one inch and an overall height or thickness of one sixteenth inch the absorbent pad 2 had a diameter of three quarters of an inch the cover sheet or adhesive tape 3 was of square configuration having a dimension of one and three quarter inches on a side while the release paper was of square configuration having a length of two inches per side in.