What are bandage bandages?

Band AID® bandages are a product line owned by Johnson & Johnson. In general, this term concerns adhesive dressings used to dress small cuts or scratches on the skin. These dressings are made of plastic or fabric with a sticky cloth that allows the bandage to hold onto the surface. A piece that covers the wound is a small bandage that may or may not have antiseptics to help the healing process. Band AID® bandages are sold mainly throughout North America and Australia. They are available in different shapes and sizes to fit almost with a small cut or scratch. The overall advantage for Band Aid® bandages is that they are easily applied to the skin area and do not require other tools to attach. As a first aid option, it is much more convenient and faster than the use of a whole dressing with a medical tape.

In 1920, Johnson & Johnsonzamales named Earle Dickson invented the first band Aid® bandages. His wife Josephine was often cut out in the preparation of meals. Instead of using the coverWith a bandage tape that got in the way to cooking, Dickson gave her an elastic bandage that could be applied without help. The invention was accepted by its company and was very successful with the product. Dickson himself was eventually promoted to Vice President Johnson & Johnson.

The overall success of the product line was made possible by exposing medical crews during World War II. Millions of Band Aid® bandages used military and hospitals during the area because they were comfortable and could be applied. The fact that each bandage is individually packed was also plus and maintained small wounds well -kept soldiers with sterile in combat.

Over the years, Johnson & Johnson has expanded the ITS product line to include other types of bandages. The most successful are liquid bandage, waterproof bandage tape and traditional bandages Band AID® with different drawn features to make them more fun for children. NakedlyIn the product he also crossed the real line of the company and took over the general description for other companies. It was also accepted as a term in other aspects of society to define a way to solve problems. For example, a computer programmer can propose a volatile program that can be described as a “band-aid” for the problem.

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