The field of regenerative medicine is making significant strides, particularly with the development of bioengineered skin designed to heal burns without leaving scars. This breakthrough has the ...

Skin cancer can occur anywhere, but scars and burn injuries are at a higher risk. Wearing sunscreen and, when possible, avoiding UV radiation can lower the risk of developing skin cancer in a scar.

Poorer scar outcomes after burn injury are associated with larger, deeper burns, injury at a younger age, burns in pigmented skin types and a longer time to healing after injury. In particular, there ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Burn and trauma scars can be extensive and difficult for patients. Jill S. Waibel, MD, gives pearls on how to ...

Systematic synthesis of 211 studies identified squamous cell carcinoma in 67.2% of burn-scar malignancies, far exceeding basal cell carcinoma and heterogeneous rarer tumors. Latency from burn to ...

Burn injuries are among the most debilitating types of trauma, leading to considerable mortality and long-term disability 1. These injuries occur significantly more often in developing countries, ...