Hydrocolloid Dressing

[Alli_M]

My p has cleared up from uvb treatment except on my elbows & knees
so the nurse at the hospital i go for my uvb has given me these Hydrocolloid Dressings to try. So lets hope they help get rid off the scaling
i have to put them on my elbows & knees every night & it keeps the skin moist, im not sure whether anypone on this forum have tried these dressings but im willing to have a go
So ill keep you all imformed whether i have had any luck with these.

[magsy]

Good luck. Hope they help.

[missmaria]

Good luck Alli, let us know how you go with it  

[SJ]

I knew they were used in dressing leg ulcers and associated wounds (don't ask!!!) but I hadn't connected them with P!

Anyway, everything you need to know about them is here:

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Hope they help, Alli

SJ

[lee]

But have you ever tried to apply these. They stick by using the heat of your body. Different makes work better than others.

The trick is to apply them under dressings. Something like blue line stockings. Forgot their name but it comes in a pack that you just cut. This then stops the plaster from coming off.

[dippitmaggie]

Tubifast blue line or tubifast yellow line depending on the thickness of the limb they are to be applied to.
My derm dept uses calico covered in vaseline or icthopaste bandages or even icthammol (whats on the icthopaste bandage).  Old fashioned but it does get some moisture into the driest skin.

[Alli_M]

well they stcik well to my skin & can feel that yhey are workin to get off that hard scale, well ill see wat nurse says today about wether im using them for a little longer.

[Luvvi]

Been using icthopaste bandages for past two days on my arms what a difference they have made.  My arms were terrible really sore, itchy and broken skin been using these along with Elocon and my arms are a lot smoother and paler in colour!  Can't wait to try UVB but this has certainly improved matters a lot!  Been covering them up with Cling Film its a very attractive look at bedtime lol

[Mrs_Sheepz]

would be interested how you get on with them:

had a chance finding on me, when on of my p-patches ripped open and started belleding all the time (an therefore stuck to my clothes and bled again when changing etc...) and I put a hydrocolloid dressing on the wound and therefore on the surrounding p. Things improved. But I never investigated it further - so would be grateful to hear how you're getting on

sheepz