Allevyn Life dressings have a multi-layered design incorporating hydro cellular foam, hyper-absorber lock-away core and masking layer. It is ideal for those with fragile or sensitive skin or who have minor burns or skin tears.

These dressings are designed for people and their everyday life through:

• Unique quadrilobed shape with a wide border designed to fit the contours of the human body more securely
• The protective masking layer minimises the visual impact of strikethrough
• Excellent fluid locking under pressure
• Provides the patient with peace of mind leakage prevention
• Common wound odour absorption when tested on representative compounds
• ALLEVYN Life’s multi-layered design provides cushioning and helps to spread pressure
• The wound contact layer surface is coated with a gentle silicone adhesive layer, which is easy to apply and remove, it can be lifted and repositioned without losing its adherent properties.
• Change indicator optimises dressing change frequency and minimises wastage
• The film layer is showerproof and aids in the prevention of bacterial wound infection.
• Allevyn Life can be left in place without the need for a secondary dressing.

ALLEVYN Life dressings provide wound management by secondary intention for:

• Shallow, granulating wounds
• Chronic and acute exudative wounds
• Full and partial thickness wounds such as pressure ulcers, leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers
• Malignant wounds
• Surgical wounds
• First and second-degree burns
• Donor sites
• Skin tears
• Fungating ulcers
• ALLEVYN Life may be used on infected wounds. Where the product is used on infected wounds, the wounds should be treated as per local clinical protocol.