Do you adapt your bandaids?
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63568)
United States
March 13, 2008 7:28am CST
Back in 1980 I cut my finger with a saw (not badly, but bad enough.)
At that time the doctor took an extra large bandaid and cut it to about 2/3s size to use on my finger.
It was a light went off in my head. I got boxs of those bandaids and as the finger healed, I went from the 2/3's to the 1/3 I had cut off to regular bandaids to the tiny ones to just protect the spot while the nerves got adjusted to the scar. (I never got quite normal feeling back in that area.)
So, here I am with a chewed up finger and I'm cutting up bandaids to fit on it, so they don't stick to other sores, etc.
I think I'm finally working out where all the sores are so I can put the "spots" over them before I put the larger bandaid over the entire area without sticking to the 2 small spots that the bandaids wouldn't cover.
I find the bandaids a lot less noticeable than the white gauze they wrapped my hand up with at the hospital...
So, do you, have you ever adapted a bandaid to cover an injury?
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6 responses
@Cajunhellcat (2073)
• United States
16 Mar 08
Yup do it all the time I work with cars and always getting cut and bumps that are just enought to hurt then when I do my paper work I always get the nasty paer cuts too
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@Cajunhellcat (2073)
• United States
17 Mar 08
Thnks for the info never tired it but I will now got my first blister yesturday working in flower bed now finger is really messed up
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
13 Mar 08
Good Morning ElicBxn,
Yes I have done this. I've already cut a Bandaid to fit a specific area, especially like if you cut yourself between your fingers, or on a place where its just too hard to put a regular sized Bandaid. It works so much better and is much easier to hide (although I do use kids Bandaids with fun things on them, lol!), oh the simple pleasures of life.
@ElicBxn (63568)
• United States
13 Mar 08
I've looked at the fun kid ones, but I needed the extra large ones and the spots. I got the extra large ones with antibiotics even tho I have an antibiotic cream from the doctor.
Oh my has my finger swollen! I can't quite straighten the darn thing - or bend it! and it hurts! Oh well, I go to the doctor later today (3-13-8)
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@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
13 Mar 08
I think I missed something...chewed up finger...what exactly did you do to your finger?...ouch, sounds awful! Oh, I got the feeling I might have missed one of your discussions...oops.
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@tarheelnancy (1317)
• United States
13 Mar 08
I've made butterfly stitches a couple of times from a bandaid. Not sure if that is considered adapting one. 
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@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
13 Mar 08
The only thing I have done is if a band-aid is too long (lets say to go around a finger) then I will cut part of it off... or if it overhangs (again like a finger) then I will cut that off too.
The thing I have found is that it is quite hard to cut a band-aid so . . .
Thanks
Zelo
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@ElicBxn (63568)
• United States
13 Mar 08
Yeah, its generally fingers that you have to adapt the bandaids for. I also can't tollerate adhesive on my fingernails (like I can't tollerate nail polish) and will cut a peice of the orginal paper to cover my nail from it.
Maybe when it comes to cutting bandaids you need to consider a REALLY sharp sissor.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
14 Mar 08
I have had to do that before also. I couldn't find a bandaid to work for the cut I had and one that would stick in a certain area. I had to piece a couple of them together to make them work also.
I made my dog a bandaid also and the regular bandaids don't stick very well to fur so I used some gauze and wrapped his leg and then pieced bandaids together over top of that to hold it in place.
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@newzealtralian (3930)
• Australia
19 Mar 08
We buy the rolls of sticky plaster and cut what we need. It's great for sewing too when there is no sticky tape around.
I have to ask why the didn't stitch your finger though. Would have been better in the long run.
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@ElicBxn (63568)
• United States
19 Mar 08
There's no point in stitching a puncture wound (or 10) since they close up after the object is removed - as in the teeth.
I'm actually healing pretty good - for me - tho I have some pain in my joint, probably from the swelling that is going down now. Of course it mostly hurts when I bend it.
