The familiar peel-and-stick bandages seen on skinned knees worldwide ... “Over 6.7 million people in the United States alone suffer from chronic non-healing wounds including diabetic ulcers ...

Getting a bandage to stick to your skin can sometimes be difficult, particularly if that skin is wet. This isn't a problem with an experimental new wound dressing however, which uses ultrasound ...

Bandages application becomes tough on wet skin surface as it looses its stickiness. (Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash) The findings of the research were published in the journal 'Science'.