If you’ve suffered a cut or a scratch (see Instant help cuts and grazes): The first thing to do is to clean and, if necessary, disinfect the wound, i.e. with Hansaplast Wound Spray and make sure that debris or small objects are removed.

If the wound bleeds intensely, such as is sometimes the case with cuts in the face or on a finger, stop the bleeding by applying pressure with a sterile bandage (i.e. Hansaplast Gauze Compress or Soft Compress).

Depending on where your wound is located, choose a matching wound dressing. For example, minor wounds in the face can discreetely be covered with small Hansaplast Invisible Protection strips. A larger scratched area, such as on the knee, will need a strong plaster such as from the Hansaplast Universal or Elastic ranges.

Usually, our plasters like Universal or Elastic that are available in different strip sizes or as dressing length (which can be cut to the desired size) will offer the right coverage for your wound. But depending on where your wound is located, there are better choices, which will offer the ideal shape, size, material or adhesion tailored to your specific needs.

Find your ideal plaster in the Hansaplast range. Wounds in the face and on visible body parts can discreetely be covered with “Invisible Protection” strips, which have the look and feel of a second skin and are 100 % transparent.

Very small cuts and scrapes can be covered by Universal Spots, tiny round plasters.

Greater patches of skin, such as on knees or mobile parts such as joints which are exposed to a lot of movement and friction are ideally covered with a Hansaplast Elastic strip.

Hands and fingers are covered perfectly if you have Hansaplast Finger Strips or the Hand Pack at... well, hand.

Is your wound located in an area that is absolutely difficult to cover with a plaster strip? Then try Hansaplast Spray Plaster. It offers convenient one-hand application, even in awkward places, and provides a waterproof, transparent breathable and skin-friendly film for your wound.

Children often fall during sports or playtime, injuring themselves with a graze or a cut. There are child-friendly ways to treat these minor, yet painful injuries, so that misfortunes are quickly forgotten.

Check out the skin friendly Hansaplast Kids Plasters with fun motives to collect, such as Junior Mickey & Friends, Winnie the Pooh & Princess. © Disney

For scrapes or wounds on knees and elbows: Using a Hansaplast Sensitive with antibacterial Silver is especially clever: Thanks to its Silver Technology it will provide antibacterial action (killing harmful germs, thus reducing the risk of infection for your child) while being large enough to cover up an entire knee.

Teenagers who hurt themselves while doing sports might prefer the durability of Hansaplast Elastic.