A plastic surgeon and burn specialist, Fiona Wood, developed a spray-on skin method to treat burns without scarring.

Beyond infection control, the research points to scarless healing as the future frontier of burn care. By combining smart biomaterials with cell-based therapies, scientists aim to regenerate skin that ...

Burn injury disrupts the skin’s primary protective barrier, exposing underlying tissues to a diverse microbial milieu and creating a niche for rapid colonisation and infection. Management begins with ...

ATLANTA — An Atlanta baby is currently fighting for his life after contracting a rare staph infection. Baby Jayce is about to turn 1-year-old but is currently in the intensive care unit at a metro ...

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Key Takeaways A yeast infection on the skin can cause a red rash with dry, scaly ...

A fungal skin infection occurs when a fungus (such as yeast or mold) grows and creates a reaction on your skin surface. Fungi (the plural of “fungus”) spread by releasing particles called spores into ...

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 ...

Is it true that you can use ice to treat minor burns? Before modern-day medicine, home remedies for burns called for products often found in the kitchen, including butter or oil, egg whites and ice.