LPT – To remove surgical tape and bandaids (plasters) without pulling out hairs, soak in a small amount of cooking oil first I mangled my finger recently and at each visit to the hospital the doctors had to replace the bandaging. I was worried removing the sticky surgical tape would pull at the wound but no; they just applied some oily liquid and the tape came off as if it wasn’t sticky at all! They said cooking oil works too, so I just tried it with olive oil on anot…

LPT – Don’t reach for the Bandaids! Burn bandages are AMAZING, and they should be in everyone’s first aid kit! I had a motorcycle accident a while back, and my mom suggested burn bandages for my road rash. Nothing scarred. Studies show that keeping fresh wounds and scratches moist (with hydrogel/burn bandages) and not letting them breathe SIGNIFICANTLY impacts infection rates as w…