Beauty Tips For Body Care
Hi everyone, I love this sub and constantly recommend it to people who are just starting their skincare journey.The sidebar is glorious and I'd like to suggest this small addition since it seems to come up quite a bit amongst newcomers. I’m no expert but I figured I’d try my hand at writing a small tutorial for using hydrocolloid bandages.If any part of this is wrong or could use more information, please let me know and hopefully we’ll all be immortalized in the wise sidebar.WHAT IS A HYDROCOLLOID BANDAGE?According to Wikipedia:A hydrocolloid dressing is an opaque dressing for wounds. A hydrocolloid dressing is biodegradeable, non-breathable, and adheres to the skin, so no separate taping is needed.The active surface of the dressing is coated with a cross-linked adhesive mass containing a dispersion of gelatin, pectin and carboxy-methylcellulose together with other polymers and adhesives forming a flexible wafer. In contact with wound exudate, the polysaccharides and other polymers absorb water and swell, forming a gel which is held within the structure of the adhesive matrix. The moist conditions produced under the dressing are intended to promote fibrinolysis, angiogenesis and wound healing, without causing softening and breaking down of tissue. The gel which is formed as a result of the absorption of wound exudate is not mobile and free running but held within the structure of the adhesive matrix. Most hydrocolloid dressings are waterproof, allowing normal washing and bathingHere’s a more visual explanation: http://i.imgur.com/ykLqCsM.png - credit to u/cattercupSo basically, they absorb moisture (or exudate) and trap it within its gel for easier removal.HOW TO USE ONE:If your pimple hasn’t come to a head, use a warm compress for a couple of minutes to coax it out.Clean the area. Or you know, just wash your face as you normally would and then work on spots.Identify your zit’s center and use a lancet to lightly pierce the skin. You can buy lancets in any pharmacy’s diabetes section or you can use any needle and sterilize it with rubbing alcohol.Treat the spot with some BHA (stridex, PC, etc) EDIT: For drier skin types, you might want to skip this stepGENTLY squeeze with q-tips or clean fingers (no fingernails!) until you’re sure the skin has been pierced and the gunk has a way outSlap a bandage over the area and leave overnightIf you do everything right and if you BELIEVE, you’ll wake up with a bandage full of gunk and a new outlook on life.Removing your bandage can be tricky depending on the brand you used. Some brands have a very strong adhesive that can pull on your skin while others will fall off in the middle of the night and might never be seen again until you move your bed to vacuum underneath and find a small -but impressive- mountain of discarded bandages stuck to the bedpost.To remove the former, just use a bit of mineral oil to loosen the adhesive.WHICH BRANDS TO USEThere are specially designed acne patches for sale online and in several stores but they can get a bit pricey, however, you can also find these in most pharmacies but you’d have to cut them to size.As far as brands go, I’ll have to ask for recommendations since I’ve only ever used Nexcare’s acne patches and I’m not sure if those are the best ones around.Please feel free to add anything I may have missed, as I mentioned earlier, I am but a mere pimply-faced mortal in the land of skincare gods.Hope this helps!EDIT: credit to u/ms_kittyfantastico
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