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Anonymous

Oct 21, 2024

How do you get a bandaid off a hairy are without it hurting, or taking any hair off?

I applied a bandaid to my arm this morning, but it feels as if it's glued on really tightly. How can I remove it as painlessly as possible without pulling any hair off? Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated!

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Anonymous

Feb 21, 2025

For you to remove the band aide with as little to no pain, the sticky area has to be slightly moist to ease off the skin.

You don't want to totally soak the entire area covered by the band aide, since the ends are the only sides that have adhesive on them and you don't need to use tons of oil (a little goes a long way) as that may affect a possible scab from your cut or scrape.

Just dampen a wash cloth with luke warm water and hold it over the area or add a several of dabs of baby oil or baby oil gel on the band aides strips that contain the sticky adhesive to ease it off.

GOOD LUCK!

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Anonymous

Feb 22, 2025

The best thing to do is take a shower with it.

But in my nursing practice, (since we don't have the time to give a shower to each pt w/bandaid or tape covering an IV site) we always take an alcohol swab and slowly lift the corner of the bandaid/tape and wipe away at the stickiness of the bandaid, the alcohol dissolves the sticky glue, and helps to not pull off as many hairs, and also decreases the pain.

Just keep slowly lifting the edge with one hand, and wipe underneath that edge constantly with the alcohol swab as you are pulling it off.

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Anonymous

Feb 21, 2025

Take it off while you're in the shower after it's gotten really wet. If it still hurts too much, pull fast and with the hair growth, get it over all at once.

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Abbie Zemlak

Feb 21, 2025

Haha, you don't. Sorry. Or maybe soak it for a long time so that it will just slide off.

try rubbing baby oil, or another skin oil onto the bandaid and let it sit for half an hour. the oil should disolve the glue

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Anonymous

Feb 22, 2025

soak it in warm/hot water.. like i know if u have a shower and u have a band aid it loosens it up and eventually falls off

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Anonymous

Feb 21, 2025

Soak it in warmish water and ease it off gently ...

It does work ;^)

And don't forget, boys don't cry ;^)

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Anonymous

Feb 22, 2025

soak the area in warm water and you can also rub lotion around the area to un stick it. Good luck.

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Anonymous

Feb 21, 2025

use baby oil and soak it then it will just fall off

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