not good having cotton wool on wounds it will stick and leave bits behind the cream will help with this, proper dressings have a none stick membrane but i have found this can stick as well even with the savlon applied,i recently used womens panty liners cut to size and they can be made wider by sticking two pieces together the bandage sticks to the back and makes easier to apply to the wound didnt once stick to the wound in being used for 6 days,worked for me anyway,only concern was they aren't sterile