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What happens to the skin during burns?

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Dr. Barry Press answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

An injury: The seriousness of the injury depends on how deeply the skin is injured: a superficial burn is like a sunburn and will generally heal quickly, perhaps with a little peeling. A full thickness burn extends through the entire thickness of the skin and will not heal on its own except by scarring and contracture. Between these two extremes are partial thickness burns-some heal, some don't.

Answered 10/3/2016

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