This invention pertains to an improved apparatus and method in which an adhesive strip of material having a given width and thickness is used with a razor blade-type of cutter and a transverse guide. The apparatus is of inexpensive construction adapted for discarding after a one-time use. The adhesive is applied to a plastic strip of given thickness and width. One end of this tape is provided with an entering and grasping tongue or end. A sliding guide member is provided and carries a razor blade-type knife which is manually moved along transverse of this guide. A guideway is formed in this guide member and forming one side of this guideway is the cutting edge of the knife or blade. The blade may be fixed or adjusted within close limits so that the thickness of skin removed is between 5 and 20 thousandths of an inch in thickness. The width of the removed skin is the width of the adhesive strip, which may be as much as 3 inches.