Simple trick to bandage a toe wound with a self-adhesive dressing. Make your own butterfly or dog bone shaped dressing. Use for minimal weeping wounds/scabs or newly healed wounds to protect. These are supposedly non stick, but may stick if the blood or fluid dries onto the dressing. In this case wet the dressing and leave for a minute or 2 before gently removing or you may remove the scab and the wound will bleed again.
The sample below is an asguard dressing.
Total Time: 5 minutes
Bandaging a toe wound or a blister rub between a toe
Wash the wound with salt water and or betadine and dry the surrounding skin with gauze or tissue.
How to shape a self-adhesive dressing, plaster or band aid to fit a toe
Cut a wide V or bone shape on each side of the bandaid about 3/4 way up the dressing. Pre fit the dressing first to see whether the length or width is the best fit. then cut the V.
How to apply your shaped bandaid to a toe
Apply the self-adhesive dressing between the toe, or the back or the front, depending on where the blister or sore is situated. Smooth the sides first, then smooth bandage over the tip of the toe.
How to finish off your premade/ self-adhesive dressing bandage over a little toe
Finish off by tucking the top side around the toe wound. Make sure there are no wrinkles. You may be able to pull a side back and smooth down again. Wrinkles on the sides of toes, if rough, can cause friction to the other toes.
There are more ways to use thin wound dressings
Supply:
- This a list of brands of self-adhesive thin dressings to bandage a toe and many other areas. Please contact me to add other brands.
- Asguard ( flex,clear), primapore, opsite (visible,post-op),hansapor, telfa adhesive, cutiplast, cutifilm plus, medipore, tegaderm +pad, cosmopor E/advance, hydrofilm, curapor, mepore, healband, sorbact surgical, leukomed, leukomed (control, Tplus), polymem adhesive, askina
- scissors
Tools:
- scissors
Materials: The material is a absorbent cotton and or synthetic layer
