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Any way to get rid of a third degree burn without surgery?

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Depends on area.: Third degree burns leave an eschar, which is total death of the skin, dermis down to the underlying subcutaneous fatty layer. A small area of 3rd degree burn can be treated locally, requiring subsequent surgical debridement of the eschar. Larger area of 3rd degree burn requires surgical debridement on a larger scale, hence surgery.

Answered 8/12/2012

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