Alleviating skin irritation resulting from applying tacky tapes

In the application to the skin of a tacky tape or sheet with attendant skin irritation, the method of alleviating such skin irritation which comprises employing as said tacky tape or sheet one comprising a tacky layer having incorporated therein a skin irritation alleviation agent consisting essentially of 0.1 to 90% by weight of a polyoxyalkylene-modified organopolysiloxane having an average molecular weight of 3000 or more and having the formula (A), (B), (C), or (D):

• ##STR2## wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or phenyl, R' is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, p is an integer of 1 to 5, m is an integer of 5 to 100, n and x are each an integer of 1 to 50, and t and y are each an integer of 0 to 50.