Read our Privacy noticeUsually, if you’re covered in stickers, you’ve been hanging out with a lively four-year-old. I have a hormone imbalance, meaning for roughly 10 days of each month, I feel noticeably more exhausted than usual. According to the packet, the patches work by delivering various vitamins and herbal compounds to the bloodstream through your skin, triggering various health benefits. “I’m not entirely convinced by the claims made by these patches,” GP Dr Nisa Aslam tells me. “If you look at certain molecules in these patches, they’re quite big in size.