For general wound treatment; especially to keep the wound surfaces and margins soft and supple, e.g. for extensive skin abrasion wounds or lacerations, as well as in the case of burns and scalds, for use in plastic and cosmetic surgery, in nail extractions, phimosiectomy etc.; for covering the donor site of skin transplants and for fixing split-skin grafts; also suitable in dermatology especially indicated in the treatment of patients with sensitive skin, or those sensitive to certain medication.