Device for facilitating application of a plastic film to skin

A device for facilitating application of a plastic film to skin, the plastic film being a component in a wound dressing or other medical article, comprising a stiffening layer removably attached to one side of the film, at least a part of the other side of the film being provided with an adhesive, and a release liner attached to the adhesive, wherein two grip handles are arranged on the stiffening layer, that the stiffening layer is divided in two regions, which regions are arranged on opposite side of a fictitious line crossing over the film, that one of the grip handles is fastened on one of the regions of the stiffening layer in at least parts of an area adjacent to the fictitious line, that the rest of the grip handle is free and extends from the area over the one region of the stiffening layer in a first direction towards one end of the film and that the other grip handle is arranged in the same way on the other of the regions of the stiffening layer with the other grip handle fastened on the other one of the regions of the stiffening layer in at least parts of an area adjacent to the fictitious line and with the rest of the other grip handle extending from the area in a second and opposite direction to the first direction and towards an opposite end of the film.