My five year old hates having bandaids taken off? We used to leave them on until they would just about fall off. But the last one really irritated her skin.
As a child I had a bad fall from my bike onto a road that had been tarmac-ed but not rolled so it was like gravel which took the skin off both my knee caps, I promptly had it bathed and a large plaster placed on each knee which stayed for about a week, when it came to have them removed I was terrified because they had become firmly stuck, my aunt suggested soaking in the bath with my knee's under the water, up until this point I had also refused to take a bath but because I knew it meant the plasters coming off, I got in. This solution worked, however when the plasters were removed the skin on my knee caps was like jelly and really disgusting so I was taken to the doctors who said they were like that because they had not be able to dry out as they had not been exposed to air. To this day I refuse to use plasters and don't use them on Amy as I believe a cut will heal better when exposed to air to let it dry out.
This is just my own personal experience and opinion. I do understand that some children find it a comfort to have a plaster put on a cut but once the cut has stopped bleeding I would remove the plaster asap, this hopefully will prevent the plaster sticking fast.
rubbing alcohol is a cheap and easy way to remove bandaids. this helps for removing any stickyness left on the skin from bandaids, tape, even elastoplast. can be used to get sticky stuff off other things as well, such as a price tag or label off something like a glass or plate or plastic container...
rubbing a bit of oil is the best way to get a bandaid off. Just rub a little on, and the oil breaks down the adhesive. Oil is great for removing chewing gum too.
The best way we have found of getting band aids off is to take them off in the bath/shower. The steam/warmth helps to loosen the glue and it is easier to take off. The soap also helps to unstick the bandaid too.
Oil any kind, I use baby oil just use a tissue or cotton ball soak it and hold on the bandaid, you can do this until it slides off but I slowly pull the bandaid back while dabbing it with the oil, works a treat x
just out of curiosity what kind of bandaid did u use that caused the rash because alot of people are allergic to the fabricy ones like alastoplast.
im a nursing student and have access to lots of different dressings :) i would suggest just for little things, get some gauze (chemist has them) you can cut it to whatever size u want
an if its not a big sore that u want covered for long use some nursing tape, u can get either papery stuff that just tears an doesn't stick to the skin and hairs, it kind of feels like masking tape, you can also get some other tape which will help it be water resistant..it is plasticy and also tears but allows the skin underneath to breath and not to sticky at all,
just go to the chemist and see what options they have
There are lots of differant ways to help with removing a bandaid . . Here are a few
Soak bandaid off warm soapy water - really soap up the bandaid.
Soak the bandaid with moistiser leave for around 20 mins and them remove bandaid
To remove a bandage painlessly, saturate the bandage with vodka. The solvent dissolves the adhesive.This idea does work but its a costly way to go . .
I hope one of these idea's helps. As for the rash I would be more inclined to think that this is caused by a minor allergic reaction. If the future I would advise against using bandaids.
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