Skin closure. A disposable atraumatic instrument for office procedures.

A disposable applicator with a suture clip bearing unusually fine spicules, which can be kept sterile in an envelope on an office shelf or in a physician's bag, facilitates the carrying out of the cosmetic closure of skin lacerations and incisions as an office procedure. The spicules of the clips are so fine that they cause practically no bleeding when they are placed or removed. The needle-prick scarring and the "ladder" pattern caused by the placing of sutures with a needle are avoided.