06 Apr Heal Faster, Suffer Less: Experience the Benefits of Collagen Dressings in SMARTKITS™

When you’re dealing with a post-surgical or chronic wound, the last thing you want is an extended or painful recovery period. Wounds tend to make life uncomfortable in more ways than one. So it’s important that you focus on the right wound care practices and products to reduce your suffering and heal as fast as possible. Fortunately, using something called collagen can help you do just that. 

How collagen helps with wound healing

Wound healing undergoes a four-stage process that involves hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. Some wounds can become “stalled” in the inflammatory phase, which prevents the wound from healing further. 

One of the main factors in delayed wound healing is biofilm. Recent studies have confirmed the use of collagen to treat wounds, which prevents this “stalling” and promotes better wound healing. 

Collagen is the most prevalent protein in the human body, and protein is a necessity when it comes to wound healing. In fact, collagen accounts for as much as a third of the protein molecules in the body. 

When you have a wound, you also have tissue damage. And this damaged tissue requires extra collagen to begin the repair and healing process. Collagen works by attracting fibroblasts, which are the cells inside your connective tissue that produce collagen and other beneficial materials. 

While it might seem like your body is producing what you need for wound healing, this isn’t necessarily the case. As you age, natural collagen production declines. Other medical conditions, like diabetes, may impact collagen production. 

The presence of additional collagen can positively influence wound healing. Studies show that collagen reduces inflammation, speeds up healing, and diminishes scarring. Collagen dressings are even recommended by the American College of Surgeons for post-surgical healing. 

Collagen dressings are included in SMARTKITS™

Since collagen is so beneficial for wound care, how can you get access to it? Fortunately, SMARTKITS from FritzFinn contains collagen dressings. SMARTKITS are an all-in-one daily wound care solution that is delivered directly to the patient’s door and personalized to the patient’s needs. 

When wound care patients receive their SMARTKITS package, it will contain a complete set of wound dressing products, such as gloves, saline for wound irrigation, gauze, customized bandage covering, and collagen dressings. The collagen dressings included in all SMARTKITS are:

• Non-adherent
• Highly absorptive porous collagen sheets
• 100 percent Type 1 Native Bovine Collagen
• Biocompatible and biodegradable
• Made from no synthetics, additives, or fillers

SMARTKITS’ collagen protects the wound by absorbing the wound fluid and promoting healing. It also reduces inflammation, which lessens pain and discomfort. 

Learn more about using SMARTKITS from FritzFinn

You’re probably already dealing with enough discomfort, inconvenience, and stress following a hospital stay or surgery. What you need is a simple, effective, and safe solution for home wound care. That’s where SMARTKITS can help. 

Developed by FritzFinn, SMARTKITS are designed to make your life easier and deliver the best possible wound care outcome. Because they are delivered directly to your doorstep, are customized, and come with instructions, they are the ideal home wound care solution. If you’d like to learn more about using SMARTKITS with collagen dressings, contact us today.