3M Micropore Tan Surgical Tape 0.5" Wide -2 Rolls

As a nurse working with post-operative patients, the 3M Micropore Tan Surgical Tape (0.5”) is an essential item that I always keep on hand. It has excellent quality, adheres well while remaining gentle on the skin, and is perfect for reinforcing dressings and helping keep the surgical site protected when appropriate. It’s easy to tear, comfortable for patients, and reliable for everyday use. I trust this product and highly recommend it to other healthcare professionals.

This is a great product for my nursing job as it is quietly protecting my skin while not being blatantly there so patients and anyone else aren’t focused on my wound. I need focus on them!! I bought these from another nurse’s recommendation. She is really good at finding good products.

I recently had a shave biopsy on my face and was having difficulty with keeping a dressing on due to adhesive irritaring my skin and/or constantly coming off due to the proximity to my mouth, exposing my wound to air. This tape is fairly comfortable and breathable. I can forget it's there if I'm staying occupied. The tan color blends in surprisingly well with my fair skin. I am down to having to change it twice a day instead of a dozen times a day, so I am pretty happy with that. Adhesion is pretty strong, and it does leave a slight sticky residue on my skin, which I can easily clean off with hydrating toner (Cerave). If you get it wet, it will crinkle up and become stiff, needing a change. At about $2 a roll, it's a pretty good deal. I've bought a ton of stuff trying to keep my sanity with this wound on my face, including various ointments, multiple types of spot bandages, gauze, pads, silicone tape, cutting up various sensitive skin and plastic-free eco bandages, medical cloth tape, etc etc. I have a sensitivity to plastics and petroleum-based products, acrylic adhesives, polyesters, etc. that often causes me painful blisters, rashes, and acne, as well as several allergies to ingredients commonly in ointments. Aquaphor, petrolatum, Neosporin, and Welly petroleum free antibiotic ointment all caused itching with painful whiteheads around my wound. So I finally found something that works: pure lanolin applied to calcium alginate dressing and this tape over top. The lanolin is Medela brand and the alginate dressing is Medway Medvance 1x12" rope, cut down to size with clean scissors. All purchased on Amazon. Vanicream cleanser is very gentle on my face (wash with dressing on & change after) and saline wound wash is pretty gentle for cleaning the wound itself if necessary. What sort of worked: Johnson&Johnson sports tape: nice, rubber based adhesive, very comfortable to remove with very little residue, but large sized tape was difficult to cut to size, it's quick thick and bright white Nexcare 4 inch steristrips, cut in half: extremely breathable and comfortable, but width was just too short to cover a pad fitting my wound. Very strong adhesion, difficult to remove but left no residue. Bright white, striped, and noticeable Silicone tape: very comfortable when first applied, but I would quickly sweat under the tape, causing itching

This was the 3rd medical tape I got and it was the best quality for a fraction of the cost as the others and this one comes with 2. I use these to diy my own magnet nose strips so I can breathe at night. I wash my face, combine two strips together and then add the little magnet and stick it on. It stays all night and no itching, sweating, or falling off. It does leave a bit of residue but not as much as the official brand of magnetic nose strips and you literally save so much $$$!! In the morning when I remove the strips, I apply a bit of body oil to my nose and then wash my face again.

Product is fine but didn’t realize it was woven fabric, not what I needed.

Same tape my plastic surgeon used to help tape and support my eye after having skin cancer surgery. No sticky residue, holds amazingly well for what I need it for, lifting up my drooping eye while waiting for my next (hopefully last) surgery. Flesh color really blends.

Not stick enough

She puts tiny pieces of this tape on blemishes on her face and then puts on her makeup. Afterward I can hardly see where she had an issue.

As described - unfortunately i have very sensitive skin and couldn't tolerate this tape for long.

DOES IT WELL

Excellent quality. Worked for taking nose post surgery.

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I had mohs surgery on my nose and have had to keep it bandaged. If you ever have to bandage the end of your nose, you'll soon learn how tricky it can be without looking like Mr Potato Head. This tape worked really well. I've been cutting large bandages to fit the area then I tape it down with this tape. It's a lot closer to my skin color so found it to be the most inconspicuous way to cover up the wound with the least amount of bulk. The adhesive sticks very well to my face. It has left a bit of sticky residue behind at times but at least the bandage stays in place all day.