The present invention relates to a film dressing comprising a plastic film (2),which is coated on one side with a skin-friendly adhesive (3), a backing layer(5), which is detachably affixed to the plastic film on the opposite side to theadhesive-coated side, and a protective layer (4) detachably affixed to the adhesivecoating. According to the invention the backing layer (5) comprises at leastone grip tab (7, 8), which protrudes from an edge of the dressing beyond the outlineof the plastic film, and a break line (11, 12) extends from the outer edge of eachgrip tab (7, 8) towards a central part (6) of the backing layer, dividing the griptab into two parts.
