[fragile as glass]

I know you are more qualified than me in medicine but I became allergic to melolin which is why they use skintact on me. Yes they are both types of non-adherant dressings but the ''shiny sides'' on skintact are made of different ''materials'' than on melolin. Hence why melolin gives me blisters and skintact does not. I ended up pleased to have to use skintact due to hating the way melolin often sticks and skintact never does.

This was all researched and tried and tested while I was in hospital when we were trying to find something that I wasn't allergic to. So I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say that yes they are similar but not ''really are'' the same.

To the OP, I get my dressings, bandages and tape from my GP. It's on my repeat prescription list. So if you are exempt from paying for your prescriptions then I would go to my GP if I was you and try and get them on prescription. If you don't ask you don't know or get! It just may help you save a lot of money.