You may find that your gauze bandage sticks to your healing wound, making the dressing change a little more difficult. Dry wounds take longer to heal, and you dont want that! Gently bring the edges of the wound together and place the middle of the steristrip on the wound. There are many choices for wound dressings, so speak with your doctor to find out which one is right for your type of wound to minimize the chance of a stuck dressing. Put a dab of Dawn liquid dish detergent on the adhesive residue as one option. This drainage is -- in most cases -- a mixture of serum (the non-cellular, liquid fraction of blood. doi:10.1007/s13126-016-0340-8. 2010;6(4):225-33. doi:10.4161/org.6.4.12555, Chetter IC, Oswald AV, Fletcher M, Dumville JC, Cullum NA. var bimber_front_microshare = "{\"html\":\"