How to Apply Plasters on Fingers and Toes (With Pictures & Videos)
Applying plasters to fingers and toes can be awkward, especially on little ones with extra-small digits. Even in adults, the extra material, bunching up, and overlap can result in bulky dressings that make it difficult to perform dextrous tasks.
It’s a good idea to learn some plaster application techniques, especially if you need to use your hands in the workplace. So here are some first aid plaster application hacks to make your life easier.
How to Apply a Plaster
Most plasters are wrapped in sealed paper with two overlapping pieces of paper backing covering the adhesive side and the wound pad. To apply a plaster
- Inspect the wound for debris, clean it and allow it to air dry. Ensure the skin around the wound is clean, free from oils or lotions, and dry to ensure good adhesion.
- Remove the plaster from the paper wrapper.
- Grasp the edges of the plaster with the wound pad face down.
- Bend the plaster downwards in the middle and peel back the protective strips roughly halfway with your fingers.
- Place the plaster on top of the wound, lining the wound pad up with the wound. Ensure none of the adhesive area touches the wound.
- Slowly pull the protective backing away and press the adhesive strips down.
Find out more about using plasters correctly.
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Plasters for Fingers and Toes
You can buy specially-shaped plasters for fingertips and toe plasters that are easy to wrap around these small and delicate digits. These are called ‘butterfly plasters’ because of their butterfly-like shape.
Butterfly plasters shouldn’t be confused with butterfly closures, reinforced would closure strips.
Butterfly plasters are available in most of our industrial plaster boxes as one of a range of different sizes and shapes. Buy these products to get butterfly plasters:
If you’re not sure which plasters to use, check our guide to different types of plasters. We also have a guide to plaster-related allergies and what to do if you have a reaction. Browse other guides and articles on plasters:
Techniques for Applying Plasters to Fingers and Toes
Here’s how to apply a butterfly plaster as an effective fingertip plaster or toe plaster. Follow our step-by-step or watch our video.
As plaster experts, we know a few hacks to use regular, rectangular plasters as finger plasters, thumb plasters, or even big-toe plasters. Take a look at our step-by-step guides here or watch our videos on TikTok.
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Applying plasters to fingers and toes can be awkward, especially on little ones with extra-small digits. Even in adults, the extra material, bunching up, and overlap can result in bulky dressings that make it difficult to perform dextrous tasks.
It’s a good idea to learn some plaster application techniques, especially if you need to use your hands in the workplace. So here are some first aid plaster application hacks to make your life easier.
How to Apply a Plaster
Most plasters are wrapped in sealed paper with two overlapping pieces of paper backing covering the adhesive side and the wound pad. To apply a plaster
- Inspect the wound for debris, clean it and allow it to air dry. Ensure the skin around the wound is clean, free from oils or lotions, and dry to ensure good adhesion.
- Remove the plaster from the paper wrapper.
- Grasp the edges of the plaster with the wound pad face down.
- Bend the plaster downwards in the middle and peel back the protective strips roughly halfway with your fingers.
- Place the plaster on top of the wound, lining the wound pad up with the wound. Ensure none of the adhesive area touches the wound.
- Slowly pull the protective backing away and press the adhesive strips down.
Find out more about using plasters correctly.
Plasters for Fingers and Toes
You can buy specially-shaped plasters for fingertips and toe plasters that are easy to wrap around these small and delicate digits. These are called ‘butterfly plasters’ because of their butterfly-like shape.
Butterfly plasters shouldn’t be confused with butterfly closures, reinforced would closure strips.
Butterfly plasters are available in most of our industrial plaster boxes as one of a range of different sizes and shapes. Buy these products to get butterfly plasters:
If you’re not sure which plasters to use, check our guide to different types of plasters. We also have a guide to plaster-related allergies and what to do if you have a reaction. Browse other guides and articles on plasters:
Techniques for Applying Plasters to Fingers and Toes
Here’s how to apply a butterfly plaster as an effective fingertip plaster or toe plaster. Follow our step-by-step or watch our video.
As plaster experts, we know a few hacks to use regular, rectangular plasters as finger plasters, thumb plasters, or even big-toe plasters. Take a look at our step-by-step guides here or watch our videos on TikTok.
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