120 toward one another but since anchor 120 is positioned on a substantially stationary epidermal area of the persons face the majority of the movement will occur at pod 60 causing the epidermal area to which it is applied to be pulled outward and thus open the nasal passage referring to fig2 the incision 17 may be seen to be held open by the action of the embodiment disclosed in fig2 the anchors 120 are applied to a substantially stationary epidermal area and the elastic members 110 are stretched and the pods 60 are positioned to either side of the wound or incision to hold it open so that the wound may be cleansed or a surgical procedure may be performed through the incision thus freeing the physician 39 s hands for this purpose it should be noted that the u shaped cuts 64 are disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention 10 shown in fig2 while these u shaped cuts are preferred they are not considered necessary to practice the present invention referring now to fig2 29 and 30 fig2 shows the nose 19 and the nasal passages 119 in cross sectional view the nasal passages in fig2 being shown open but absent the use of any nasal dilator in fig2 the same cross sectional view is.