or it may alternatively have macropores or a mixture of micro and macropores the porous layer of adhesive allows access of skin surface moisture to the film favorably the diameter of the pores are 0 1 to 10 times the thickness of the adhesive layer suitably the pores will be from about 1000 u03bcm in diameter suitably the removable protector is a silicone coated release paper desirably the removable protector may be divided into two or more pieces preferably at least one of the protector pieces is significantly larger than the other or others and covers a major proportion of the adhesive layer it is desirable that the stripping load of the support layer from the backing layer is equal to or greater than that of the protector from the adhesive layer otherwise there is a risk that the support layer would peel from the backing layer before the protector can be removed the removable protector most desirably covers and extends beyond the second conformable layer and skin contacting adhesives of the edge strip once it has been applied the support layer is aptly formed from a polymeric film or paper the support layer may be attached to the backing layer by virtue of casting or extruding the backing layer onto the support layer thereby forming an attachment which is easily reversed most suitably the support layer maybe formed from for example a transparent polymeric film such as a polyethylene or polypropylene film or from an.