Many of us have experienced minor burns at one time or another but burns that involve plastic surgery refer to severe skin injuries caused by a heated source (thermal burns) or from chemical reactions or the results of electrical currents passing through the body (electrical burns).
Depending on the extent of the damage, burns are classified into the following types:
Scars are the visible marks formed on the skin after a wound has healed. They are a natural part of the healing process and appear when the skin heals wounds or from tissue damage caused by an accident, surgery or illness.
Burn treatments, depending on the severity of the injury and the area of the body, require special techniques in order to avoid functional problems in the first place.
Thus, during the acute phase, the doctor tries to eliminate the risk of infection in the burned area by removing dead tissue and covering the wound with skin grafts.
At a later stage, when the acute phase is over, the appropriate treatment of post-traumatic scars will be considered. The use of skin grafts, local flaps and specialized techniques may need more than one operation.
As such, the gradual recovery of the burned area is achieving satisfactory results not only in terms of functionally but also aesthetically.
Regarding the scars, plastic surgery nowadays allows them to be corrected with different methods depending on the case, such as:
