Got to be a better way to keep bandage dry in shower

Factual Questions
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I’ve used a newspaper bag & packing tape over an ankle & it stays dry. The packing tape is wide enough that two wraps or so will give you 3-4" of coverage tight on your leg before water gets to the bag. Though I wouldn’t necessarily suggest this if you have hairy legs; at least they won’t be hairy after tape removal. :eek:

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I use 2 garbage bags and an ace bandage. I slip the first bag on my leg and wrap it to take all the air out. The Unwrapped second bag is wrapped around your leg right under the knee to cover the opening of the bag is slipped over your leg. Seal the water from going into the bag from the top. Apply the Ace bandage in between the bag sealing the hole so you have enough of the plastic bag to flip over to cover the ace bandage. Now the ace bandage compression will keep the water from flowing in to the bag over your leg and the bag you flip over the ace bandage will keep the bandage dry. All the water will fall right over your bags and keep your leg dry. Make sure the ace bandage is nice and tight to seal any water from getting through

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If you want a specific brand name to look for - get a Limbo. For legs, they come in full leg and just above the knee lengths.

These things are made of tough material that looks like fiberglass-reinforced vinyl with a neoprene ring at the end like the neck on a wetsuit. Very effective and not horribly expensive. My late husband used one to protect a PICC line and never had any problems with it.

As mentioned above, sweating inside the sealed environment is a more likely problem than a leak with these things, so start up the shower, once the water’s getting warm, put on the Limbo, shower quick, get out, dry off quick and peel the thing off.

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Kind of an old thread, although OP is still around and was posting as recently as January.

I’d be curious for follow-up, though I’m not going to bother anyone about it. Did OP’s wound heal? Did OP buy something at Amazon that served the need?

Probably more questions I’ll never know the answer to. Probably more questions I’ll forget having before I hear the answer.