Bulky dressings can make movement difficult, therefore, thinner dressings are frequently used, but these often require daily dressings because of wound leakage and soiling, as the patient is encouraged to maintain full function.16 Conventionally, wound dressings, such as paraffin gauze, have been used to treat this type of injury. Unfortunately these dressings cause pain and trauma on removal, and the shedding of fibres into the wound. This, in turn, causes pain and stress and impacts on the wound healing process