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When were Band-aids invented? 100 years ago? It's hard to imagine life without bandaids. The technology hasn't changed in my memory, which now stretches back around 50 years. Different sizes, shapes and colors, sure. And some minor materials experimentation with the part that sticks to the skin. But basically, the concept is always the same, and it never really made much difference whether you used Clear Strips, Flexible Strips or Classic.

But sometime in the last few years, a whole new generation of band-aids has emerged. They are gelatinous, stretchy, uniformly sticky along the underside. They mold to the shape of a toe or finger so perfectly that you almost can't see them once they are applied. You don't have to change the bandaid every day to keep the skin underneath from turning sluglike; I guess they must be porous. The idea appears to be: you put the thing on and leave it until the wound or blister is healed. This is it, man, I am throwing out all my old-technology bandaids from this point forward!

Date: 2005-07-20 04:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] minnehaha.livejournal.com
Yeah, but do they have Smurfs on them?

K. [not one to miss the real breakthroughs]

Date: 2005-07-20 05:15 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ckd
Have you tried the liquid bandages yet? You just glue your cuts closed, and don't have to worry about it peeling off in the shower or any of the ills that separate bandages have.

Date: 2005-07-20 05:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skylarker.livejournal.com
I bought a 'liquid bandage' tube, but haven't had occasion to use it yet; which is all for the better.

Date: 2005-07-20 07:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pameladean
I'm still stuck back on the knuckle- and fingertip-shaped ones. The vast majority of injuries on which I want to put a bandaid are on my hands, and those shapes are so much better than the plain strip that always always always comes off.

P.

Date: 2005-07-20 07:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chirosinger.livejournal.com
I have so many strip bandages: Shrek, Cat in the Hat, Winnie the Pooh, special knuckle shapes. Hopefully I'll never have the need to run out! (Wouldn't that be nice)

Date: 2005-07-20 09:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mizzlaurajean.livejournal.com
Welcome to the future!

As my last great gramma Nickel use da say
"What did we ever do without T-shirts and sliced bread?!"

Date: 2005-07-20 11:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] von-krag.livejournal.com
It's the little things that year after year get better and better. Band-Aids, 300 thread count sheets, expresso makers and tons of other things truly make our lives richer than any King or Queen could have dreamed of. I damn glad that consumers and free markets make my life happen.