The idea of moist wound healing was born in 1962 when George D. Winter discovered that epithelisation, the process of wound closure, would proceed twice as fast in a moist environment than under a scab. Today, the principle of moist healing is generally accepted in the professional field, where many products have been developed for the healing of chronic wounds via moist wound therapy.

Covering up a wound with a moist wound healing product provides an optimal wound climate which will...
enable most favourable conditions for wound closure (epithelisation), the formation of new tissue and the immune system
let the healing process remain undisturbed and ensure faster healing
prevent scab formation to optimize cell migration and reduce the likelihood of scarring

1. Optimization of the wound healing process
Moist wound therapy helps to create and maintain optimal conditions for wound healing and cell growth. The wound exudate acts as a transport medium for many bioactive molecules that ensure new tissue to form co-ordinately. Cells will grow, divide and migrate at an increased rate to optimize the wound healing process.

2. Faster healing

Clinical studies prove that the wound healing process is faster in a moist wound environment*.

* Wigger-Alberti W et al., Journal of Wound Care 2009; 18(5):208-14

As optimum wound conditions are created, the pace of cell growth and the formation of new tissue is increased. This speeds up wound healing by up to 50%!

3. Prevention of scarring and assurance beautiful healing

Hydrocolloids are thickening, gelling and stabilising agents. They are able to absorb water and wound fluid, swell and form a gel. Due to their high water retention capacity (even under pressure) excess of wound fluid is locked away. Hence, hydrocolloid dressings take up wound fluid to form a gel that produces a moist environment which facilitates fast healing.

Hydrocolloid wound dressings ensure faster and better wound healing as they provide a moist wound environment, which optimises wound repair and reduces the risk of scarring. Learn more about how hydrocolloid dressings work.