MED PRIDE Calcium Alginate Wound Dressing 2x2 in, Antimicrobial Sterile Alginate Dressing, Highly Absorbent, Non-Stick, Gentle on Skin

Better than I thought they would be. When you have allergies to so many ridiculous things, it’s important to find things like this that will help you around the home, or outside, if you burn or cut yourself. I bought 2 sizes. I cut through my finger, into my nail bed, and the finger underneath, on a mandolin. We couldn’t stop the bleeding with my special bandaids, so the search was on. They came just a few hours after I ordered them, which was excellent. I wrapped it around the tip of my finger and nail, and then used Coban around that. The tight pressure from the Coban helped the bandage do its job. It literally sucked up the blood (sorry), and it stopped. I wore fresh ones every time I got it wet. After a week, I was able to go back to my bamboo bandaids (also bought here on Amazon). I wish I had more $$ to spend. I’d buy more products to keep in the house. As a baker, I’m always injuring myself. My youngest son also has the same allergies so I guess I should get him some as well. I have a kit of emergency items, in my backpack at all times. This needs to be added.

So, I had a leg wound that was weeping--a tiny hole, but the thing just practically poured for 2 1/2 weeks. Went to the Urgent Care for help with it. "Wrap it and keep it dry." Seriously? Keep it dry? But I did my best, keeping it wrapped tightly . I was changing the dressing (dry washcloths) every couple of hours. Anyway, after a trip to the ER a week later also proved unhelpful, I looked on Amazon for *something* to help heal this blasted thing. I came across the Calcium Alginate wound dressing. It sounded like something they could use on the battlefield to stop bleeding/weeping. So I took a chance, and am I ever glad I did! The dressing is small (2 x 2) and feels dry to the touch. Put it directly and firmly on the wound and hold the dressing there for a few seconds so it can start absorbing. Then I slapped a regular piece of gauze over that and wrapped it. It did not weep or even leak out a little bit that night. Two days later I cautiously removed the dressings to check it, left it open for a few minutes to see. No leakage. But I was nervous about it coming open again, so I redressed it with clean stuff. Yesterday I took it off around noon, all was well, and so I left the dressings off for 24 hours, and it's still dry and healing. I can finally see a scab forming over the wound, whereas before using the dressing it couldn't stop running long enough for the skin to dry out and stitch. Probably TMI for most of you, but this Calcium Alginate is awesome, and the quickest healing medicine I've ever seen! I am wondering why the medical professionals I went to were/are not aware of this wonderful stuff? FIve stars, I have a couple dressings left over, and I will definitely use them in the future.

These really do the job do help with healing my husband got a job but in 3 different spots on his leg and I used these on all of them and they r healing very well.. I have used them on a lot of different places and I would always recommend this to anyone.

Works great! Only reason I gave 4 stars instead of 5 is they seemed a little small to me

Excellent for skin tears wound . Fast healing

Perfecto

Works amazingly to heal open incisions!

Kind of small