MAGIC SKIN GUN FOR BURN VICTIMS - 0 views
started by advancells-india on 11 May 17
started by advancells-india on 11 May 17
started by advancells-india on 11 May 17
started by advancells-india on 11 May 17
Treatment for people with extensive burns is a painful process and can often take weeks or months as surgeons take large sheets of skin from elsewhere on the body and graft it onto the affected area – with the prospect of permanent scars a possibility.
Burns victims are being treated with an amazing gun which sprays them with stem cells and makes skin rapidly grow
Case studies include a 43-year-old man who suffered serious burns after he was scalded by hot water – with the use of the SkinGun within six days new skin had formed over the wound
Doctors in the US have developed the SkinGun, a new technique which involves isolating and spraying the patient’s own skin stem cells on the burn wounds.
Response to the SkinGun has been positive with patients saying “their new skin is virtually indistinguishable” from the rest of their body, the Daily Mail has reported.
Thomas Bold, chief executive of RenovaCare, the company behind SkinGun, said: “The procedure is gentler – and the skin that regrows looks, feels and functions like the original skin.”
The procedure involves a small patch of healthy skin being removed.
Then stem cells are separated out and placed in a solution which is then sprayed onto the wound.
The whole thing takes around 90 minutes.
Case studies include a 43-year-old man who suffered serious burns to his upper left arm, shoulder, back and torso after he was scalded by hot water and left him with huge welts.
Within six days new skin had formed over the wound and he was discharged from hospital.