What's the point of a skin graft in the burn treatment?

evered1532 · Newbie Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 2

I heard of the cases when people suffered serious burns and their skin was burnt so bad that they needed skin transplantation. The redness and the blisters are what I experienced when I got careless around the grill and in the sun, but what’s the point of a skin graft in the burn treatment?

ravi707 · Newbie Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 1

All the skin burns are to be taken very seriously and dealt with promptly, but third-degree burns are the worst that could happen to a person since they destroy all layers of the skin and often require skin grafting—surgical replacement of the dead skin. We breath through skin, it keeps us form getting infections and regulates body temperature – what more is needed for the skin to be transplanted in an emergency.

What's the point of a skin graft in the burn treatment?

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