Patent ID: 7591835

Claim:
A method for closing and promoting scar-free healing of an opening in living skin tissue, comprising the steps of: providing a wound closer having a first elongated connecting strip with an inner face, a second elongated connecting strip having a second inner face, and a slider configured to slide along the first and second connecting strips to zip the connecting strips together to with the first inner face held adjacent to the second inner face; adhering the wound closer around the skin opening with the first elongated connecting strip adhered to the skin adjacent to a first side of the skin opening, the second elongated connecting strip adhered to the skin adjacent to a second side of the skin opening, and the first inner face opposing the second inner face; trimming the skin along the first connecting strip flush with the first inner face; trimming the skin along the second connecting strip flush with the second inner face; and promptly after trimming, zipping the connecting strips together to pull the skin opening closed by sliding the slider along the connecting strips to bring the first inner face adjacent to the second inner face and fasten the connecting strips to each other to form a seam holding the skin trimmed along the first and second inner faces together in a butt-joined relation to promote scar-free healing of the skin opening.