Silicone Dressing

Features of Silicone Wound Dressings

• Made from a particular type of solid silicones, which are soft, tacky and adhere to dry surfaces
• Consist of alternate silicone and oxygen atoms with organic groups connected to the silicone atoms 
• Soft silicone dressing is coated with soft silicone as a wound contact layer or an adhesive 
• Atraumatic to the wound and surrounding skin
• Easy to apply
• Decreased pain on removal 
• May be cut to size 
• Conformable

When to use Silicone Wound Dressing?

Silicone dressing for wounds can be used for the following: 

• To assist in the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars 

• Prophylaxis for pressure injuries 

• Prophylaxis of skin radiotherapy burns

• Traumatic wounds 

• Skin grafts 

• Donor sites

• Skin tears 

• Leg ulcers

When to avoid using Silicone Dressings?

• Can be used on infected wounds only if appropriate antibiotic coverage is taken
• Should not be used on patients with a silicone sensitivity or allergy