Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.

A non-contact wearable device measures the skin’s ‘microclimate’ for continuous, real-time monitoring of wounds and wound healing. Read the paper: A non-contact wearable device for ...

As soon as summer begins, the sun starts getting stronger, the temperature rises and our skin is the first to fall prey to it ...

In a closed wound, tissue damage and bleeding occur under the surface of the skin. Examples of closed wounds include bruises. An open wound involves a break in the skin that leaves the internal ...

Zhao et al. have now confirmed the presence of endogenous wound electric fields in a wide diversity of model systems, including organ cultures of stratified epithelia such as skin and cornea.

Lacerations, which can vary from superficial cuts to deeper cuts that penetrate the second layer of the skin, can happen to anyone at any time. However, it is important to know how you might be ...

Growing up, we trusted Dettol for every scraped knee and cut—but it turns out, we may have been doing it wrong. Dermatologist Dr Manjot Marwah warns against using Dettol on wounds, saying it can burn ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The runaway costs of skin substitutes for treating chronic wounds have experts and accountable care organizations (ACOs ...

"Even though my hands are discoloured, I am here to buy creams for my kids so they can be light-skinned. I believe my hands are this way just because I used the wrong one. Nothing will happen to my ...