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Benzoin

Benzoin is a medical adhesive for the skin. It's similar to the glue actors use for fake beards and mustaches. It's available in bottle form, but it makes more sense to buy individually packaged benzoin swabs for your first aid kit.

Sample uses of Benzoin include:
    1. skin preparation for steri-strip closure of a laceration
    2. skin preparation for butterfly closure of a cut
    3. "stickum" to keep a kling wrap from shifting