About Dermatuff & Skin Tears

Dermatuff - Thin Skin Protection

The Condition

Known as Thin Skin, Weak Skin, Fragile Skin or Thinning Skin. Many eldery people naturally suffer from this condition which leads to painful skin tears and difficult to manage wounds - even a slight bump against a low table, a stumble on the staircase, an over-enthusiastic dog can cause the most horrendous leg injury requiring an ambulance call out, a visit to the surgery or hospital and take weeks to heal. Untreated a leg ulcer can rapidly develop.

Most of us develop this secondary condition on our lower legs and forearms, this is due to primary medical states such as the long term use of steroids, sun exposure, inflammatory skin disease and advancing years. Thinning skin can be very easily lacerated or torn by just a minor accidental bump against something hard.

These very common wounds are known as 'skin tears' or 'skin flaps' and need to be treated professionally and urgently. An ambulance may need to be called for a visit to Accident and Emergency. Repeat treatment will be needed frequently often going on for weeks. These skin tears can easily turn into leg ulcers which can take a year to heal with much inconvenience and pain.

Probably the worst result of all from such a minor bump is the loss of confidence; sufferers become very afraid of repeat injury. Moving around the house becomes a risky experience, walking the dog, doing the garden, playing a sport are often avoided with other consequences to our health.

Now all that is needed is a couple of pairs of DERMATUff Socks or Sleeves to keep you protected. Dermatuff contain Kevlar to Protect weak skin from skin tear accidents and subsequent care. Protection against injury restores lost confidence which is common to sufferers from weak skin.

Dermatuff saves painful injuries and the elimination of skin tears prevents the development of subsequent leg ulcers.

It might seem miraculous that these normal looking products prevent skin tears but they do:

The secret at the heart of the patented design is that they are made from a very expensive, impact resistant 'hard aramid' (Technora) yarn together with nylon and woven using a looping system for more protection. Body armour uses similar materials.

In trials in Care Homes with vulnerable residents, DERMATUff users experienced a 97% reduction in expected levels of skin tears. We can't promise perfect protection - but we can go a long way towards it.

So....What's the Secret of our Skin Tear Protection System?

DERMATUff is made with Kevlar® to protect fragile legs and arms from skin tears. Thats right - DERMATUff is made from Kevlar® - the same stuff motorcyclists, and even our armed forces rely on to protect them!