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Chronic Wound Care - What Products do YOU Use?

Skin Health | Last Active: Jul 18, 2021 | Replies (12)

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@msmerry

Hello Martin and nice to connect with another Canadian. I live in a smaller town in a remote area and finding bandages has been a challenge. I did find a bandage on Amazon.ca a few months ago which I am loving. One it is soft, seals great and supports faster healing...which we all know is a dream for most of us suffering from this dreadful disease. They are made my All-Health and they are called Advanced Fast-Healing Hydrocolloid Gel Bandages. The ones from this company are larger than any others I have seen and they actually seal 100 times better. Easy to remove with no sticking to the wound area or tearing on your skin. They promote faster healing and if the ulcer is caught early and is smaller, at least for me, this did work faster than anything else from before. I live in a remote community in B.C. and finding bandages that can work has been a huge challenge. And especially so when both feet are involved at the same time.

All the best,
Merry in B.C.

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My husband has a wound that keeps coming back after 20 years. The wound clinic showed us how to care for it. However, I don't do the debridement and if it is a layer of skin deep or more, he has to go back. We use sterile saline (there is DIY online) to rinse it. Prisma (online)can be bought online. I soak a Prisma piece (cut to size) in saline and put it on there. Then, cut a strip of oil emulsion gauze (online purchase). Then, it gets wrapped in gauze and I use 1" paper tape to hold it closed and also to adhere the gauze to the skin. I prefer to do this after a shower. We change it every couple days, and I wash my hands thoroughly between steps. No peroxide or alcohol.