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it certainly can be and infant foreskins are in great demand for the production of skin that is used for skin repair. the foreskin is also the only body part that can replace the eyelids as it like the eyelids had normal sensitive flexible skin on one side and highly sensitive mucous membrane on the inside,
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What is skin trafficking?
When people are killed and their skin is used for skin grafts.
Who would need a skin transplant?
Burn patients may require skin grafts. Some accident victims may also need skin grafts. Patients with ulcerations may need skin grafts.
What does cm2 mean in reference to skin grafts?
cm2 in reference to skin grafts means square centimeters; it's a measure of area.
What is the function of the pigs skin?
A pig's skin keeps its internal organs intact and protected. Pig skin can also be used in medical situations where human skin grafts are necessary.
Are skin grafts expensive?
doctor told me skin grafting is very expensive why
The use of artificial skin has reduced the number of skin grafts for burn victims?
True
Why are skin grafts used?
a Skin Graft is a type of medical grafting involving the transplantation of skin. The transplanted tissue is called a skin graft. Skin Grafting is often used to treat: -Extensive wounding or trauma -Burns -Areas of extensive skin loss due to infection such as necrotizing fasciitis or purpura fulminans -Specific surgeries that may require skin grafts for healing to occur. Skin Grafts are often employed after serious injuries when some of the bodys skin is damaged. Surgical removal of the damaged skin is followed by skin grafting. There are 2 types of skin grafts: the more common type is where a thin layer is removed from a healthy part of the body like peeling a potato, OR a full thickness skin graft, which involves pitching and cutting skin away from donor section. A full thickness graft is more risky, in terms of the body accepting the skin, yet it leaves only a scar line on the donor section, similar to a Ceasarean section scar.
Can you transplant your own tissue?
Skin Grafts are commonly done.
What can be done for vitiligo?
Ultraviolet light, corticosteroids, or skin grafts
What is involved in a composite skin graft?
A composite skin graft is sometimes used, which consists of combinations of skin and fat, skin and cartilage, or dermis and fat. Composite grafts are used in patients whose injuries require three-dimensional reconstruction.
Why is artificial skin bad?
Because it may reduce a need for grafts!
What are the examples of grafting?
A graft refers to something transplanted surgically. Examples of grafts include skin grafts, limb grafts, and even heart grafting, with doctors transplanting pig arteries into a living person's heart.
