A device for application onto incisions or wounds with a liquid rapidly polymerizable adhesive for forming skin closure systems, comprising a flat porous mesh elongated along a longitudinal axis and having an upper side and an opposing lower or wound facing side and a central portion in immediate vicinity of the axis； further having a plurality of pores and windows in said mesh, said windows substantially larger than said pores and arranged along said longitudinal axis in said central portion； a crosslinking or polymerization accelerator or initiator disposed in or on said mesh； and a pressure sensitive adhesive disposed on at least a portion of the lower surface of said mesh.
