This report highlights the findings of a meeting of clinicians based in the Middle East to discuss incision care and dressing selection for elective, clean surgical incisions closed with primary intention. The meeting was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in July 2022, and co-chaired by Dr Mohamed Muath Adi (UAE) and Associate Professor Kylie Sandy-Hodgetts (Australia) and was supported by Mölnlycke Health Care.