In the year 1920, an employee of Johnson and Johnson Company, Earle Dickson invented the first band aid. The band aid was invented for his wife Josephine Dickson, who often burned and cut herself while cooking.

The first bandages were not very famous as they were hand made. The first machine that produced sterilized bandages was introduced by Johnson and Johnson by the year 1924.The first decorative Band Aids were introduced to the market in 1951. In the year 2006, the recent logo of band aid was designed.