adhesive-backed anchoring members, to be most effective in addressing the problem of adhesion loss. Discontinuities can be introduced into the polymeric material used to produce the first and second adhesive-backed anchoring members in a variety of ways. It is not a requirement that all discontinuities introduced into a particular adhesive-backed anchoring member be homogenous or uniform. Die cutting technology is a preferred method for the introduction of discontinuities. Die cutting is a process involving the use of a die to shear a web or webs of low-strength materials such as polymeric sheet materials. For example, a needle or pin die could be used to introduces hundreds, or even thousands of small, round discontinuities into the first and second adhesive-backed anchoring members through a perforation process. Perforation, as used herein, refers to a process wherein a discrete piercing element, such as a pin in an array of pins assembled on a die, penetrates a material leaving no excess material on either side (e.g., entry or exit side). Whether penetration by a particular piercing element leaves excess material on one side or another (e.g., deformation of material on the exit side) depends not solely on the piercing element, but also the material being pierced (in this case a polymeric sheet material). For example, a larger gauge piercing element, the size of a small nail, for example, may create exit deformation in some polymeric sheet stocks that would not be useful for the introduction of discontinuities consistent with the present disclosure. The shape of a piercing element need not be round. There are no geometric restrictions on the shape of a piercing element. For the introduction of larger discontinuities, like those produced by piercing a polymeric material with a small nail, a punch process may be more appropriate. A punch, as used herein, is contrasted from a perforation by the requirement that material is removed in a punch process. For example, a punch die of a particular diameter would punch, or remove, a chad from the polymeric material. Such loose chads are removed in a variety of ways in a die cutting process including, for example, inclusion of an adhesive web to capture cut chads, or a vacuum process. Punches will tend to be visible to a user inspecting the applied two-component medical device whereas slits, slices and perforations are practically invisible to the unaided eye. In addition to perforation or punching, as described above, cutting (e.g., die cutting) can be used to introduce one or more slits or slices into the adhesive-backed anchoring members. Again, in view of the sweat gland distribution discussed above, a plurality of slits will be preferred. One of skill in the art will recognize that a certain amount of routine experimentation may be required to optimize discontinuity size, shape and distribution. Certainly larger gauge