Band-Aid Advanced Healing Gel Strips Review

My partner is a medical professional. As such, our hone first aid kit is ridiculously well stocked. A few days ago, when I got a nasty steam burn, I did what I was supposed to do: run cold water over the wound for ten minutes, make sure the burn was clean and free of bacteria, yadda yadda. I was left with a pretty nasty and painful burn, and I knew the thing to do was cover it, to keep air from irritating it. When I looked for regular, old bandages, I was frustrated by the fancy stuff in our first aid kit. Lots of gauze and triangular bandages and other stuff, but no run-of-the-mill Band Aids. The closest thing I found was a box of Band-Aid brand Advanced Healing Gel Strips.

Remember the Band-Aids your mom put on your cuts when you were a kid? Full of little air holes, they often got ripped up, and full of dirt, and the minue you washed your hands or took a shower, you'd have to change them, because the water soaked in and stayed in and invited all sorts of bacteria to collect around your wound. Kind of pointless.

The days of those bandages is over. Advanced Healing Gel Strips are made of some sort of vinyl/gel/elastic. They completely cover a wound, locking out air and water. They don't get ripped up or attract every piece of dirt you run into. o air holes mean no germs getting into your cut or wound. And no water! You can actually keep one bandage on for several days, without fussing with it. Because the strips are basically clear, there's not that unsightly band Aid look that makes people look sort of silly. They're slim and fit basically flush on the skin. In fact, these things are like wearing a little extra layer of skin.

My burn healed in record time, with no water or air getting to it.

I love these things! They're expensive, but one must consider the fact that they don't need constant changing, the way cheaper bandages do. They're designed to stay on for several days - through hand washing and showers, etc.