Discover the Essentials of Caring for Your Wounds
First Aid Basics
Find out how to properly treat cuts, scrapes, and burns so you can feel confident handling these first aid basics.
Post-Surgery Care and Recovery
Find out how to care for your incision—and yourself—after surgery to help prevent infection so you can recover faster.
Diabetes Wound Care
Find out how to better manage your care and minimize the risk of complications with first aid knowledge essential for people with diabetes.
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Select a topic to find articles with essential information for your specific needs.
Learn about scabs and how they contribute to the healing process.
Find out how hydrocolloid bandages help heal acne and other wounds.
Find useful tips for limiting the risk of infection.
Discover everything to include in your first aid kits with our helpful guide.
Learn how to prevent scarring and find out about the different reasons scarring can occur.
Learn what blisters are and how to care for and prevent them.
Learn how to treat a burn and find out about the different types.
Get day-to-day details on how to recover quickly.
How to heal while caring for your baby.
Find out how to care for a variety of everyday injuries.
You’ve been treated, but there’s still more care to come.
Get details on how and why to cover your cuts.
What to do with an injury before covering it up.
Learn about special foot care, wound care & skin care for those with diabetes.
How to rest up and recover well.
Don’t let a minor injury turn into a major worry.
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Build Your Own First Aid Kit & Stay Prepared to #STICKWITHIT
Watch how to build your own first aid kit with this simple DIY tutorial.
How to Protect & Seal a Wound with Gauze
Learn how to protect & seal a wound using gauze, 4-sided, & 2-sided seals.
How to Clean a Wound Post-Surgery
Learn the proper way to clean a wound post-surgery.
7 Signs of Wound Infection
Watch how to build your own first aid kit with this simple DIY tutorial.
Find the Best Bandage for the Job
Not sure which BAND-AID® Brand adhesive bandage to pick? Our Product Recommender can help you find the one that’ll do the trick.
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