Method for draining and drying body fluids

A method of containing fluids emanating from the human body using an evaporative bandage, comprising contacting the location on the body from which said fluids are emanating with a bandage, said bandage comprising a first layer made of a moisture-absorbent material and a second layer made of a non-moisture absorbent material;

• said first and second layers having top and bottom edge portions which are aligned and secured in staggered positions relative to each other so that at one end, said first layer top edge portion extends beyond the second layer top edge portion thereof and is in contact with the location on the body from which said fluids are emanating, and, correspondingly, said second layer bottom edge portion extends beyond the said first layer bottom edge portion at the other end thereof, there being a resulting area wherein a portion of the surface of the lower portion of said first layer is in direct contact with a portion of the surface of the upper portion of said second layer.