Medical dressing

A medical dressing for application to a contoured surface of a human body, the dressing having a central portion and a surrounding border portion and a lateral (x) and a longitudinal (y) extension;

• wherein the dressing comprises:
• a backing layer
• an adhesive body contact layer, and
• a pad arranged in the central portion between the backing layer and the body contact layer,
• wherein the backing layer and the body contact layer extend beyond a periphery of the pad to define the border portion along the contour of the pad;
• the pad being substantially symmetric about a longitudinal center line and the dressing comprising a first lobed portion on one side of the longitudinal center line and a second lobed portion on the other side of the longitudinal center line;
• the medical dressing further divided by a lateral center line, wherein the medical dressing is substantially asymmetric about the lateral center line;
• wherein the dressing comprises a gripping tab, the gripping tab comprising the same material as the border portion and being integral with and projecting outwardly from the border portion of one of the lobed portions away from the longitudinal center line, such that the border portion extends uninterrupted from the border portion to the gripping tab, wherein the gripping tab is covered by the adhesive body contact layer.