How to get rid of Burn Marks? – Dr. Rajdeep Mysore

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Burns can heals in different ways, we classify them depending on the area involved at large areas involved of small areas involved and depending on the depth which is involved, that is a first degree burn where only the top layer of the skin is involved, Second degree burn where the top two layers of the skin are involved and third degree burns where the areas below the skin like fat, muscle, tendons etc., are involved. So if you have first degree Burn It heals only with the dark mark or whitish mark called as pigmentation or hyper pigmentation. If it’s a second degree Burn It heals with a scar, sometimes these scars there are hard and they called as hypertrophic scars. Third degree burns heal with largest scars and then they develop something called as Contractures. Contracture in limits movement for example if a person develops up an burn above the elbow area and developer contraction his hand is permanently in a position. So at that would require plastic surgery to release that Contracture, so that he is able to again in the full moment. Now coming to burn marks, burn marks are commonly dealt with by Dermatologist, very superficial burn leave pigmented marks which is always there one in about 6 months to 1 years or if a person wants quick results we can give them depigment creams or do procedures like chemical peels which peel of the dead skin and make new skin to grow faster. If they develop something called as hypertrophic scar which are thick scars present on the skin, we give them certain injection into the scar to make it soft and come back to the level of the skin, these injections a given once in a month, 2 or 3 times in general but some patients my requirement more sessions. There are the procedures like lasers like a carbon dioxide laser or pulse light laser or a machine known as IPL in case of very red mark to reduce the redness of the marks. The best person to judge and how to treat it would be either a Dermatologist or plastic surgeon. In case of very severe burns a plastic surgeon would be the ideal person to help you treat burns and their marks.