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Rebecca Rushton from https://www.blisterprevention.com.au has YouTube videos on blisters. See youtube .com/user/ENGOblister/videos
Foot Blister Treatment - Top 3 Mistakes to Avoid When Using Compeed
The video ID for this one is youtube .com/watch?v=car0aN4PpyM
Doctor Rebecca Rushton is an expert on sports blisters. On her webpage below she discusses Compeed and other hydrocolloid dressings for treating blisters. If you don't care to visit here is her advice:
1) Don't use Compeed for blister prevention.
2) Don't use Compeed when a blister has a roof...
Compeed has been mentioned. It is good for healing open, deroofed blisters but you should know how and when to use it. Rebecca Rushton, creator of the website https://www.blisterprevention.com.au , has, in addition to the information on that website, YouTube videos on blister care. See the list...
@trecile, you beat me to the punch again. It seems that too many people don't know how to use compeed as the manufacturer intended. Of course they don't really care if you use it when you don't have to. It's money in the bank to them.
Please do not just recommend Compeed like that, explain its pros and cons. There are times and ways to use it where it is good but there are times and ways where it can make things worse. See my comments below.
Dave, thank you for this. I hope you won't mind me suggesting you make a few edits...
And do NOT put Compeed on a blister of this type. Its intended use is to heal open wounds such as de-roofed blisters. On other than de-roofed blisters that is the chance that Compeed will end up tearing away the roof.
The other way around. See the link above. If put on an intact blister when you remove the bandage it has a good chance of ripping the blister's roof off.
You probably are using Compeed more than you should or need to. Compeed is a brand name for a hydrocolloid gel bandage. These are intended for open wounds and should be left on until they start coming off by their own (as mentioned above). They will work as padding over hot spots but there are...
Threading blisters is not a good idea. See https://www.blisterprevention.com.au/blister-blog/how-to-drain-a-blister
And why not look at the whole site: https://www.blisterprevention.com.au
It can be tricky to remove Compeed on a full blister without tearing the roof of skin off. That removal or tearing makes the blister more prone to infection. Compeed and similar products were intended to heal open sores. Using them as padding for foot blisters can lead to open sores. There are...
...by itself.
Second, if you do put it on a roofed blister the hydrocolloid gel isn't going to get to do its job. And, no, you don't remove the compeed without running the risk of deroofing the blister but the instructions most likely tell you not to remove it. But then what happens...
I should have mentioned earlier that a problem with Compeed is that as you walk the corners and edges of the pad come unstuck from your skin, roll up a bit and become stuck to your sock. Then when you remove your sock it can cause the blister roof to be torn off. Ya gotta be careful.
Dave (or others), regarding the hydrogel products, can Compeed pads, which so many carry on the caminos, be cut to get rid of the adhesive and thus turn them into something like the Spenco pads you recommend?
If so, then would you say that treatment of hot spots with Compeed as packaged would...
...of open blisters (and incorrectly used for treatment of closed blisters and also as a way to prevent blisters.) One of the most common brands of these bandages is Compeed and the name is often used generically for other brands. A search on the forum for Compeed should bring up many threads.
...won't do this because sales will be lost. I warn about it though. See
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/search/1375620/?q=compeed&c[users]=Rick+of+Rick+and+Peg&o=relevance
It is good for its intended purpose though, healing open wounds when the bandage won't get ripped off, say by...
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