Registered nurse or someone help me with a band aid issue?

The actual sticky part of the band-aid is off, the other part, the part that goes on the wound, is having issues. Somehow the blood must have bonded to this cheap-o band-aid, that has been on my cut for over 72 hours now.

I got an abrasion and when i looked at some online medical journal-type things, it said give it 2-7 days for it to heal, before taking it off.

I was wondering if someone could tell me how to get this band-aid that has bonded to my skin off, or whether i should wait longer?

***All posts saying just use water, will be ignored, as this approach has not worked. As such, those posts will be referred to as spam.***

Also posts saying"rip it off" will be ignored, as the GLUE part is already off, and the only part is the part bonded to my skin, i will not "rip" this off and re-open the cut.

Possibly squirting hydrogen peroxide on the edges will loosen it up for me to do this?

Thank-You in advance, The best answer will get the points!

I have a couple ideas for you. And in any case that you do, you're most likely going to have some reopening of the wound. In any store such as Walgreens or Rite-aid you can find cans of sterile water with a pressurized nozzle on top. Even though there isn't too much pressure there, there may be enough to get that gauze backing off of the blood clot. another idea is to take a very hot shower. Doing this may allow you to rub the top of the wound with your finger and slowly dissolve what's left of the bandage without removing 100% of the scab that has formed. If the bandage has been there for three days and there is no signs of obvious infection, exposing the wound would not be harmful so i would not be overly concerned. once the bandage is removed just apply some bacitracin or neosporin ointment and you'll be good to go. Good Luck! Source(s): If it helps, I'm a certified EMT and trauma specialist for the military

try rubbing Vaseline on it, it might help it slide off
if the scab is attached to the band-aid, i would take scissors and cut away as much of the band-aid as you can, leaving just the part that is attached to the scab. i would then put another band-aid over it. that's probably not the best solution, but it's better than breaking the scab.
Yeah, running water on it is NOT going to work. I work at a daycare so I deal with this often. As you know children are very worried about pain, so we are as careful as possible. What we usually do is take a bowl of hydrogen peroxide and have the child place the wound in the peroxide. Every so often we take the arm out and rub baby oil on the bandaid/wound. After the child's wound has been soaking for about 20 minutes, It should be very loose. If for some reason the cut does reopen, I would recommend using gauze and tape to avoid this scenario again. Good luck!
Okay, I am a nursing student, if that helps, and I am sorry to tell you that it needs to come off. Using hydrogen peroxide is almost the same as using water because it is a few molecules off from being water. My friend, you need to rip it off and "re-open" the cut. The longer you leave it on, bacteria could be forming making your problem worse. Maybe use an oil based substance (baby oil, olive oil) to loosen it. All the best.
This is so-why bandaids are bad! Soak in a diluted hydrogen peroxide solution (with water) and keep peeling away at the loose ends. Once you have finally gotten it off; apply HEAVY antibiotic ointment to prevent sticking, and you can even get NO-STICK gauze or colloidal dressings at the drug store and use those. Change every 24 hours. If they stick, again soak as before. If the area doesn't fit into a pan--sit in the tub.