Advantages of soft silicone foam dressings in wounds

Silicone foam dressings are often used in hospital surgery. It is a commonly used functional dressing and is currently used in plastic surgery hospitals for sutures. This functional dressing has many functions and a wide range of applicability. This article mainly introduces the benefits of silicone dressings. Let's take a look at it with me!

Do you know what a silicone foam dressing is?

Soft Silicone Foam Dressing: It is an integrated soft silicone and polyurethane foam dressing with good absorbency that can be gently and safely applied to the skin without causing exfoliation and pain when removed. Promotes skin recovery with good results. The surface of the soft silicone dressing is coated with a hydrophobic soft silicone layer, which will feel sticky to the touch. The dressing does not adhere to the moist wound bed, but adheres gently to the peri-wound skin, leaving no adhesive residue on the skin during dressing changes.

When can a silicone foam dressing be used?

Silicone dressings can be used on a variety of low to high exuding wounds, including pressure ulcers, sugar foot ulcers and venous leg ulcers, traumatic wounds (eg, skin lacerations), partial thickness burns, and skin graft fixation. In addition, it can also be used for hypertrophic scars and small keloids.

What are the benefits of Longtrem Medical's silicone foam dressings?

① Less adhesion to the wound and surrounding skin, no trauma, increased patient comfort, and significantly reduced pain during dressing changes.

②It is flexible and elastic and fits well with the contours of the body.

③ Safe to use (unlikely to cause sensitive reactions and not have any systemic effects ).

④ It may also help prevent the occurrence of hypertrophic scars or keloids after surgery.

⑤ It is cost-effective, minimizes the need for analgesia when changing dressings, and can provide longer wearing times.

How do I choose the right silicone foam dressing?

Dressings containing soft silicones have different target functions and are tailored to specific clinical needs, such as wound contact layers that require the use of a secondary dressing to increase comfort and reduce disruption to the wound bed; absorbent dressings, suitable for medium To severely exuding wounds; dressing for the prevention and improvement of hypertrophic scarring or keloids.

① wound contact layer

As a one-layer dressing, it is not absorbent but allows exudate to pass through into a second-layer absorbent dressing. Typically, they are thin and consist of a Polyamide net that does not adhere to the wound bed. It is especially useful for superficial wounds such as skin tears, burns, and blistering disorders (eg, epidermolysis bullosa), where patient comfort is the primary consideration.

② Foam dressing with silicone adhesive

Many absorbent dressings today incorporate a soft silicone wound contact layer, which creates a gentle bond or seal between the dressing and the wound, ensuring that fluids are absorbed by the dressing without leaking to the skin surface. In clinical studies, the dressing was shown to draw fluid vertically without exudate moving laterally from the wound onto the surrounding skin.

③Silicon gel sheet

Silicone gel sheets are thicker, do not require a second dressing, and should only be used on wounds that have healed to reduce or prevent hypertrophic scars and keloids.

Silicone dressings are especially suitable for patients with:

① fragile skin, including young children and the elderly.

② Pain during dressing change.

③ When it is important to protect the skin around the wound.

For more information on Innomed® silicone foam dressing, refer to the previous articles. If you have customized needs, you are welcome to contact us; we will serve you wholeheartedly.

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Editor: kiki Jia

Date: August 17, 2022