When you get a small cut or scrape you probably reach for an ordinary bandage, which is typically nothing more than an adhesive strip holding a tiny patch of sterile padding. It's a simple design that ...

If you've dinged your face, hands, or other body areas pretty bad and fear you'll develop a scar you'll be explaining forever, grab a hydrocolloid bandage at the store. One Lifehacker reader testifies ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After dermatologic surgery, patients reported modestly improved scar healing with hydrocolloid dressings vs. a ...

Keloid scars are angry red lesions that sometimes form after surgery or injury when the skin “overheals” creating an extra tough region of new skin. Dermatologists believe that one factor in their ...

Dow Corning Corp. has developed a silicone product that companies are using to manufacture reusable bandages. The benefits of the bandages are that they won't pull on hair or skin when removed and ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link So, you scraped your knee or picked at a pimple. You now have a wound, or maybe a scab, and the last thing you want is for it to form a scar. The ...