Ease off a bandaid

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Bandage Won't Come Off Easily To avoid the sudden pain of pulling a bandage off, first soak a cotton ball in baby oil and then rub it on the bandage. This really eases the trauma for young children and grownups alike.

Sounds good to me, I don't use anything with adhesives anymore I was in the hospital and had a horrible reaction to tape. I had had a c-section and they stapled up my tummy, then taped a cloth over the staples. and taped the sides in place..I had "balloon of water-filled sacs" under the tape and they had to keep soaking me in a solution..they couldn't rip the tape off because of the large area of skin that would open..and thus be open to infection...what a mess....

-- Anonymous, July 26, 2001


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