Neosporin is a combination of three drugs: bacitracin, neomycin, and polymixin; I am violently allergic to polymixin. I use Bacitracin instead, and sparingly, as I have had mild reactions to that.
Bandaid adhesive actually dissolves my skin, and many surgical adhesive tapes do as well. I use gauze pads and either paper or silk adhesive tape instead of band-aids. When the injury is to a finger, I wrap the gauze around the finger and tape the tape to itself and avoid touching skin as much as possible. And remove the bandage as early as possible.
Nora, I'm so sorry about Tom's scary injury, and I'm glad he got treatment. Here's to a swift and uncomplicated recovery.
Sean, I'm very sorry about the travel schedules. And I hope the pain is quickly and simply dealt with.