There’s no need to wash your fingertip with soapy water because the soap might irritate the wound.
Slicing the bandage ends makes it easier to wrap around your fingertip since you can bend and overlap them.
The bandage should stick lightly to your fingertip at this point. Now you can secure the ends to the rest of your finger.
Wrapping the ends crosswise prevents the bandage from slipping off of your fingertip.
Weaving the ends across each other helps them stay in place and reduces the bulk of the bandage around your fingertip so it’s more comfortable to wear.
You don’t need to use soap, which might irritate your skin.
Fingertip bandages are shaped like an hourglass, which makes them easy to fold over the tip of your finger.
This allows you to fold the bandage over your fingertip so the gauze covers the wound.
Although you could pull both of the plastic coverings off at the same time, it might make it harder to handle the sticky bandage.
The top corners of the bandage should still be sticking out once you’ve folded the bandage over.
The bandage won’t slide around because it’s anchored to your finger with the corners of the fingertip bandage.
