Life is too short for cheap Band Aids.

[Rick Potter]

I take a blood thinner. It and previous sun damage leave my skin very thin and prone to tearing. At least three times a week I use band aids to cover new cuts, and I go through them pretty fast. I even carry them in my wallet.

I like the fabric, flexible type of band aid, and for quite a while have used Curad brand strips from the local discount store. They only stay on a day or so, & come loose when I sweat, or wash up. Recently we bought a box of genuine Band Aid flexible strips. They are 1" wide rather than the 3/4" I have been using, and they stay on forever. They also have the pad going all the way from side to side, so air can get in and heal faster. I had a couple on my arm that lasted two weeks, including sweat and showers.

What a difference.......like the title says..

Rick Potter

[Dan Hintz]

It's all fun and games until you want to take the bandage off I would have thought with your thin skin you'd want one that comes off without insane tear strength.

[Jerry Thompson]

There is a product named "Skin Prep" that aids in adhesion and protection of skin tears upon removal of adhesive dressings.

[Bill Huber]

You can get tape that will only stick to itself, not to the skin.
You buy pads and the tape and put a pad on and then the tape around it and it works great.

I have my blood checked every 6 months and this is what they have been using and it is really nice, it just come right off, no pulling the skin or anything like that.

[Rick Potter]

The two I have used so far came off just fine. I also noticed they do not seem to irritate my skin like some do. I have no skin in this game (sic), just reporting on a good product.

I have also tried the New Skin liquid bandage. It works well for small cuts, if you wait till after it stops bleeding. Smells like fingernail polish to me.

RP

[Eric DeSilva]

I also noticed they do not seem to irritate my skin like some do.

After a large-microplane-grater-versus-finger-knuckle incident I tried a Band-Aid brand latex bandaid that was pre-treated with some antibacterial stuff. Not sure whether it was the latex or the adhesive or whatever, but it caused me to break out in a very severe blistery rash throughout the area where the bandaid stuck to my finger. That wasn't fun. I went back to the flexible fabric ones...

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I like the New Skin liquid bandage too!

[ray hampton]

soaking the BandAid in warm water may help;a roll of electric tape will hold a bandage also
this tape will stick to itself but will pull off of the skin easy

[Jessica Pierce-LaRose]

The worst part for me removing bandages is the hair - if it's not a crazy cut, and I'm at home, I shave near the cut first- it makes pulling off the bandage a lot less terrifying.

[Shawn Pixley]

The Band Aid brand flexible fabric bandaids are great. I learned that a while back. They also make a heavy duty flexible fabric bandage that are even more sturdy for areas which are subject to abuse like hands or feet. I can't abide by the flimsy plastic bandages.

[Jim Rimmer]

Duct tape or painters tape and paper towels. The woodworkers original band-aid.
I know what you mean by your title. There are some items you just need to turn loose of the coins and get the good stuff.

[Erik Loza]

After a large-microplane-grater-versus-finger-knuckle incident I tried a Band-Aid brand latex bandaid that was pre-treated with some antibacterial stuff. Not sure whether it was the latex or the adhesive or whatever, but it caused me to break out in a very severe blistery rash throughout the area where the bandaid stuck to my finger. That wasn't fun. I went back to the flexible fabric ones...

My wife has the identical reaction. I believe it's a latex allergy.

Erik Loza
Minimax USA

[William Adams]

I like the hydro colloidal bandages.

http://woundcareadvisor.com/apple-bites_vol2_no3/

[Rick Potter]

Jim, I thought I was the only guy using paper towels and masking tape. I use it till the bleeding stops, then put on a good bandage.

Here is a quick larger dressing for an emergency..........a feminine pad and a roll of masking tape. Recommended to us in EMT training years ago by a nurse instructor.

RP

[daniel lane]

Duct tape or painters tape and paper towels. The woodworkers original band-aid.

You might laugh, but I actually bought a box of duct tape bandages a few years back. They are what they say - silver duct tape made into bandages. A quick search of the interwebzes found this - same ones. I use them when I want the bandage to stay on a long time, and they are great. Stronger adhesive, but not tear-skin-off strong.


daniel