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<blockquote data-quote="CHRISXX" data-source="post: 2701016" data-attributes="member: 553473"><p>Hello Graeme McBurnie,</p><p></p><p>There are adhesive wound dressings called<strong> Opsite</strong> / Opsite Plus which I have used after having surgery and they have a central pad which has a very good adhesive border around it - because the dressings are for use after surgery the adhesive should not be anything that should irritate the skin near a healing wound so would hopefully be O.K. for your daughter.</p><p></p><p><strong>These are basically big plasters for covering surgery wounds and come in various sizes so don`t let the term Surgical dressing put you or your daughter off - the one`s that I had were clear in colour covering a white pad inside.</strong></p><p></p><p>The Opsite dressings / big plasters are waterproof to protect surgical incision healing - I was having long hot showers with them on and the adhesive was never affected - they definitely stay stuck until you want to change them - I don`t know about swimming / spending a lot of time in the sea but if these dressings will not stay on no other plaster would.</p><p></p><p>Although mine were supplied by the Hospital you can buy them just look for Opsite Surgical dressings or similar - there are a lot of different sizes some of the really large sizes are expensive but smaller sizes are reasonably priced.</p><p></p><p><strong>There are quite a few listings on Amazon - one example size 12cms x 10cms in a pack of 10 = £9.99.</strong></p><p></p><p>I would have included a link but I don`t know what size you would need -<strong> the sizes are the external measurements</strong> - from memory the adhesive border around the pad is quite wide - the adhesive goes from the edges of the plaster to quite close to the pad - when you are working out which size you need.</p><p></p><p>Something that I noticed - some listings seem to show<strong> liquid permeable dressings</strong> which are obviously not waterproof those must be designed for a particular medical / healing requirement - so check that the specifications of any listing that you look at state the waterproof variety.</p><p></p><p>My Regards, Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CHRISXX, post: 2701016, member: 553473"] Hello Graeme McBurnie, There are adhesive wound dressings called[B] Opsite[/B] / Opsite Plus which I have used after having surgery and they have a central pad which has a very good adhesive border around it - because the dressings are for use after surgery the adhesive should not be anything that should irritate the skin near a healing wound so would hopefully be O.K. for your daughter. [B]These are basically big plasters for covering surgery wounds and come in various sizes so don`t let the term Surgical dressing put you or your daughter off - the one`s that I had were clear in colour covering a white pad inside.[/B] The Opsite dressings / big plasters are waterproof to protect surgical incision healing - I was having long hot showers with them on and the adhesive was never affected - they definitely stay stuck until you want to change them - I don`t know about swimming / spending a lot of time in the sea but if these dressings will not stay on no other plaster would. Although mine were supplied by the Hospital you can buy them just look for Opsite Surgical dressings or similar - there are a lot of different sizes some of the really large sizes are expensive but smaller sizes are reasonably priced. [B]There are quite a few listings on Amazon - one example size 12cms x 10cms in a pack of 10 = £9.99.[/B] I would have included a link but I don`t know what size you would need -[B] the sizes are the external measurements[/B] - from memory the adhesive border around the pad is quite wide - the adhesive goes from the edges of the plaster to quite close to the pad - when you are working out which size you need. Something that I noticed - some listings seem to show[B] liquid permeable dressings[/B] which are obviously not waterproof those must be designed for a particular medical / healing requirement - so check that the specifications of any listing that you look at state the waterproof variety. My Regards, Chris [/QUOTE]
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