Advanced wound care products are designed to treat more complex wounds. This includes hydrogels, hydrocolloids, alginates, and film and foam dressings. Advanced wound care treatments revolve around the principle of moisture therapy, which provides moisture to the wound site to encourage natural cell repair while giving the wound room to breathe. Products utilised in moist wound care generally fit better around different wound shapes and sizes and are more resistant to environmental inhibitors and foreign particles.

For example, film dressings are designed to adhere firmly to the skin surrounding a wound without sticking to the wound itself. This creates a moist environment and helps prevent necrosis. Seaweed-derived alginate dressings come in a variety of shapes to cover wounds and trap bacteria, which can be removed during dressing changes. Hydrogels are designed to keep dry wounds moist and are especially useful for deeper wounds. Hydrocolloid dressings contain hydrophilic substances such as gelatin and cellulose, which absorb fluids, dirt, and bacteria, forming a protective gel mass.

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