How to Turn a Regular Bandage Into a Finger Bandage
If you have a cut on your fingertip, don’t be discouraged when your bathroom first aid kit only has regular straight patches instead of special finger bands. You can do it with just two scissors. Here’s how:
- Make a longitudinal incision at each end of the dressing (only through the sticky part, not through the pad).
- Remove the liner and place the pillow on the wound as usual.
- Wrap one set of sticky wings around your finger.
- Adjust the pad as needed – this could mean bending it over the tip of your finger, as if it were a tiny hat – and then wrap a second set of wings.
This method works regardless of whether your injury is on the ball of your toe or at the very tip of your toe. You can also use a modified bandage to cover a joint wound, although it won’t work as well as a regular joint bandage.
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