An applicator (1) for applying an article (2) to the skin (3) of a patient comprising a liner (4), an article carrying layer (5) and an applicator layer (6), and where the article carrying layer (5) has a bottom (7) and a top (8) surface, both being delimited by the periphery (9) of the carrying layer (5), and where the bottom surface (7) comprises an article carrying area (10), where the article (2) is fixed to the carrying layer (5), and an adhesive area (11) being releasably adhered to a surface (12) on the liner (4) by means of a first adhesive, and where the applicator layer (6) has a surface (13) being releasably adhered to only a first part (14) of the top surface (8) of the article carrying layer (5) and its periphery (9), by means of a second adhesive, and where the first and the second adhesives are selected so that, when the applicator layer (6) is pulled away from the liner (4) in an area where the applicator layer (6) and the second adhesive covers the first part of the periphery of the article carrying layer, then the first adhesive releases the liner, and the article carrying layer sticks to the applicator layer, characterized in that the first part (14) of the top surface (8) on the article carrying layer (5), being adhered to the applicator layer (6), extends at least a partly over or at least on two opposite sides of the article carrying area (10).
