Silicone dressings (wounds)

Silicone dressings are made from

Inert synthetic compounds

Most of the silicone dressings incorporate a soft silicone as a result they adhere to what type of surface

DRY surfaces only

Forms of silicon dressings

Primary contact layer

Foam with silicon

Gel sheets

Cream and tapes

Actions of silicon dressings

Low trauma with minimal adhesive tissue

Flexible and conformable

May help with hypertrophic or keloid scarring

Hypertrophic scarring means:

A scar raised and pink in color, over pigmentation

Keloid scar

an overgrown raised scar

When do you change a silicone dressing

Between 5- 14 days

When do you choose a silicon dressing

• low to high exudate

• hypertrophic or keloid scarring

• fragile skin

• pain with dressing changes