You've been putting plasters on wrong your whole life

Plasters: the go-to remedy for paper cuts, kitchen accidents and animal bites.

Most of us just shove a plaster on the affected area and hope for the best, trying to ignore the comically bulbous inconvenience.

But it turns out bunging a plaster on minor wounds, especially fingers and thumbs, may not be the answer.

A new video appears to show a much more effective technique when it comes to small finger injuries.

Instead of folding the plaster inefficiently around the affected finger, this technique takes the humble Elastoplast to new levels. Watch and learn:

By making two small incisions on the sticky bit of the plaster, it is effectively wrapped around the finger without any annoying sticking out bits.

Cutting halfway along the plaster lengthways on each end, the tutorial shows how to fit and secure it effectively.

This technique will help prevent the gauze picking up bacteria, and stop blood leaking from the wound.