A putting on aid for compression stockings with at least one first foil-like strip 10 which a second strip 20 is placed in such a way that it, together with the first strip 10 a pocket with a longitudinally oriented closed end 31 of the closed end 31 of the end opposite an opening 32 in the longitudinal direction, and the the opening 32 from the first strips 10 and the second strips 20 projects in the longitudinal direction, wherein the closed end 31 of the pocket the first strip 10 into two sections 12, 14, wherein the pocket on the second section 14 is arranged, can also be used as a removal aid, if the first section 12 is longer than the second section 14, and if the first section 12 at least one first subsection 41 has, at which its two longitudinal sides are connected to one another, so that the lower portion 41 forms a hollow body.