Skin acts as the body's primary shield, but it also possesses a remarkably long memory. For most individuals, burn injury wounds often heal and leave behind only a scar. However, for some, chronic ...

Most old burns never become cancer. However, large, deep and long-standing scars with additional damage, trauma and sun exposure carry the risk of transforming into Marjolin's ulcer.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

When an injury causes damage to the skin, a scar arises as part of the body’s healing process to recover any lost skin from this traumatic event. Infections, surgery, injuries, or inflammation of the ...

Ablative fractional carbon dioxide (AFCO 2) laser therapy is used for treating pathological scarring. However, mechanisms underlying reduction in hypertrophic scarring are poorly understood. We ...

Body scars are a common result of the skin’s natural repair mechanism following an injury, surgical procedure, burn, acne ...