thread: How do you keep a plaster cast dry for showering?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Jan 2010
    Shoe Heaven
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    cling wrap over the cast & a bit further up the arm, tape the ends where the glad wrap meets the skin
    then grab a garbage bag (not a shopping bag unless it is one of those thick bags like from a clothing shop), get some tape and tape it in two or three places (at the edge of the cast, a bit further up & then where the plastic meets the skin).

    This should cope with a hair-washing shower.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Aug 2006
    On the other side of this screen!!!
    11,129

    We got away with cling wrap and tape. If you stretch it a bit so it grabs and go around 3 or 4 layers then it stays on fine.

  3. #3
    BellyBelly Member

    Nov 2004
    VIC
    1,794

    i ended up bathing DD and taking her to the hairdresses twice a week for them to wash her hair for her but she was 7 years old so it was a bit easier
    if they have to change the cast at any time, ask them for a fibreglass cast instead- can get a little wet and soo much lighter and tougher@!!!
    and of course you can then request colours lol
    hugs hun

  4. #4
    Registered User

    May 2007
    3,220

    Apparently she is too young for fiberglass

  5. #5
    Registered User

    May 2007
    3,220

    Thanks everyone for advice. I have also cut up an old rainbow knee high sock and using it as a cover during the day. We are in day 2 and it is already filthy!