The Band-Aid was invented in 1920 by a Johnson & Johnson employee, Earle Dickson, in Highland Park, New Jersey, for his wife Josephine, who frequently cut and burned herself while cooking.

Earle Dickson A staple in first-aid kits and bathroom cabinets for decades, the invention of the adhesive bandage came from a Johnson & Johnson cotton buyer named Earle Dickson who sought a better, practical solution to an everyday problem.

Dickson pitched the idea to Johnson & Johnson, and the company quickly began production. The resulting product name came from the combination of the words “bandage” and “first-aid.”

A band aid (smaller) is for smaller cuts and scrapes, while a bandage (bigger) can be used to stabilize fractured of broken bones and be wrapped over larger cuts and scrapes. Band aids usually have sticky sides, while bandages sometimes have velcro or clips to stay attached.

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Brand Name: Band-Aids Actual Name: Adhesive Bandages.

BAND-AID® Brand adhesive bandages officially went on the market in 1921, and for the first few years, they were made by hand and packaged exactly as Dickson had invented them - a roll you had to trim with scissors.

An adhesive bandage, also called a sticking plaster, medical plaster, or simply plaster in British English, is a small medical dressing used for injuries not serious enough to require a full-size bandage.

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Brand Name: Band-Aids Actual Name: Adhesive Bandages When you get a cut, you put on a Band-Aid, right? Wrong. You put on an adhesive bandage. Band-Aids, trademarked by Johnson & Johnson, have been a fixture of American medicine cabinets and first aid kits since 1924.

BAND-AID® Flexible Fabric Bandages– Designed with a unique MEMORY WEAVE® fiber blend that acts like a second skin and dries quickly when wet. Gauze: Gauze pads are another kind of material that can be used for hard-to-bandage areas and can also be used as a primary dressing for wound care and first aid.