OUR SKIN AND TAPELESS

OUR SKIN AND TAPELESS

Few know that skin is an organ, one of our most important organs.  Some organs can be transplanted and replaced when they fail, but as of today, it is impractical to transplant another’s skin and have it function.

Skin’s functions are important.  Our skin first serves first as a protective barrier to trauma and outside bacterial contamination.  Skin also provides essential functions such as temperature regulation, sensory detection and protection from solar radiation.

With these few examples one should appreciate why some contact materials are not healthy for the skin and should be chosen carefully.  Tapeless utilizes a patented material that was chosen because of its positive qualities which coupled with patented designs, offers the first truly new secondary wound dressings since World War II.  

Tapeless is a “sandwich” of a paper-like material with a layer of polypropylene plastic between. This makes Tapeless comfortable to the skin and remains so over long periods of time. Tapeless is free of latex and like sportswear that is made of polypropylene,  breaths and wicks away moisture.  This is important to avoid maceration, or the whitening and wrinkling of the skin such as happens beneath the standard band-aid.  Macerated skin is not able to heal well.  Being latex free removes one major source of allergies to both the patient and healthcare provider.  The material is so “safe” that it has been used for decades in diapers and feminine sanitary products.

Tapeless is adhesive free.  Adhesives, no matter how “minimally aggressive”, stick to the top layer of the skin and on removal, peel off this protective layer, making the underlying tissue susceptible to further trauma and damage.  Adhesives are to be strictly avoided with diabetes.

A very important aspect of Tapeless is that its material does not get tighter the longer it is on, as with COBANÒ.  This consequence further compromises the blood supply to the wound site, drainage of swelling and contributes to the tendency to roll its edges, forming a dangerous constrictive band.  Add to the beneficial features the anatomic designs, the cost effectiveness and the lack of bulk, and TapelessÔ provides a secondary dressing that is truly unique and clinically proven to be safe and preferable.

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