After cleaning the wound and applying petroleum jelly or a similar ointment, cover the skin with an adhesive bandage. For large scrapes, sores, burns or persistent redness, it may be helpful to use ...

The placenta, an organ that forms during pregnancy, is a key organ in a fetus’s development. It provides nutrients and antibodies to a developing fetus. After birth, the placenta typically has no ...

Scientists and surgeons are finding ways to generate engineered skin sheets faster and reduce scarring that often comes with grafts. Clad head to toe in a hair net, mask, gown, gloves and shoe ...

The technique is expected to replace the need for traditional donor sites. Specialists and researchers at The Alfred and ...

Seek medical care right away. Do not apply any ointments, oils, or sprays to the burned area. If your child has burns on the hand, foot, face, eyes, or groin, or those that cover a large area, seek ...

Four children have been hospitalised with life-threatening burn wounds after a shack fire in Lwandle on Sunday (10 November). According to Jermaine Carelse, spokesperson for the City of Cape Town’s ...

This happens because so much affects what a scar looks like, including the: Cause (accident, acne, burn, surgery, etc.) Wound (size and how deeply the wound penetrated your skin) What it looks like: ...

Many people reach for Neosporin for cuts, minor wounds, burns, and scrapes. It's an antibacterial ointment that effectively ... After cleansing, decide whether to apply a thin layer of Neosporin or ...

As five Kodiak teens badly burned during a weekend bonfire explosion continue recovering at Anchorage’s Alaska Native Medical ...

Currently plastic surgeons are using auto grafts (the patient’s own skin) in cases of burn wounds. In cases of adults with over 40% to 50 % of the total body surface area burned with only few cells ...

The last step is to apply Elastomull ® or Kerlix ® and then burn netting to keep ... of the outer gauze to the wound bed. Apligraf (Novartis) is a bilayered human skin allograft, which is ...