> What about duct tape?

god help you when you go to take it off!!

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Tegaderm! I went through all that about a month ago. It's great and absolutely water proof.



http://solutions.3m.com/...TegadermTransparent/

There are piles of second skin type products on the market today that are ideal for this situation. It covers the wound with a waterproof seal, it prevents the cracking and streching of the scab (no scab forms under the layer) so healing is not delayed by additional problems and best of all, your healing time is cut in half because of it...

If you havn't got any yet, go out and get some... I guarentee you'll swear by it once you have used it...

Thanks, I picked some up and will try swimming tonight. I do have to overlap them so I hope that's ok. I tried using Johnson&Johnson FirstAid Advanced Care, but they start to leak out when they get too much pressure in them and water seems to make the edges peel away. I guess they didn't claim they're waterproof though.

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Yup, tegaderm is great - been around forever. Make sure your skin is very dry (i.e. no sweat at all) before you put it on though as it doesn't stick well to wet skin. Once on though, it is waterproof. Also, if you can score some tincture of benzoin to place AROUND the rash, it will help it stick better still.

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