May 6, 201412 yr Or could you suggest some good resources? I burned my lower leg back in Feb and what I thought was a slow healing second degree burn, turned infected is actually partially a third degree burn. The middle part of the burn never closed up and I have been covering up a hole in my leg. I was given the run down on why I might need one, so while I wait to finish the antibiotics and get an appointment, I just need to know all about it.
May 7, 201412 yr what do you want to know? They typically shave an area of healthy skin on another part of your body and put it on the area needing a graft and hopefully it will take depending on the bloodflow and healing. edited to add some stuff: they will prepare the area for the graft by debriding and cleaning it up a bit first
May 7, 201412 yr what do you want to know? They typically shave an area of healthy skin on another part of your body and put it on the area needing a graft and hopefully it will take depending on the bloodflow and healing. edited to add some stuff: they will prepare the are for the graft by debriding and cleaning it up a bit first Not to make light of a terrible situation, but my hips would like to make a donation to Colleen. :)
May 7, 201412 yr A friend of mine feel off a motor cycle. Her road burn wounds did not heal so they did skin grafts at the hospital, out patient. It went well she came to work a week later.
May 7, 201412 yr Author lol Jenny, but seriously. I am ignorant when it comes to this sort of thing. Where does the extra skin come from? How is it attached? Do they numb you? What is the healing time? Can I go to the gym the same or next day?
May 7, 201412 yr Hmm. I will ask tomorrow where the skin came from. She had anesthesia but she had alot of burns to be cleaned and treated.
May 7, 201412 yr Thats part one Colleen.....I hope its not too graphic. (Everyone's threshold for too graphic is different, and I dont even seem to have a line....) Here's a kind of pro/con list as well that you might find helpful. http://www.ehow.com/list_5954961_pros-cons-skin-grafts.html
May 7, 201412 yr lol Jenny, but seriously. I am ignorant when it comes to this sort of thing. Where does the extra skin come from? How is it attached? Do they numb you? What is the healing time? Can I go to the gym the same or next They will probably take the skin from your hip....they will put a local in it will possibly done under MAC anesthesia or general anesthesia , they sew it on typically healing time depends on your health and the are itself the doc can tell you more on this.....I would hold off on the gym and ask the doc that question also.
May 7, 201412 yr Burns are terribly, terribly painful. I burned my .....um.....ok....I burned my va-jay-jay in 1990. The phone rang, I was trying to pour a cup of tea, multi-tasking and ended up dumping the scalding water on my crotch. (2nd degree on the left side but 3rd degree extending to the right side) Ive had 4 kids......all natural births. I would have all 4 of them over again before I dealt with a burn like that again.
May 7, 201412 yr Author Burns are terribly, terribly painful. I burned my .....um.....ok....I burned my va-jay-jay in 1990. The phone rang, I was trying to pour a cup of tea, multi-tasking and ended up dumping the scalding water on my crotch. (2nd degree on the left side but 3rd degree extending to the right side) Ive had 4 kids......all natural births. I would have all 4 of them over again before I dealt with a burn like that again. OMG Julie, I can't even imagine that!
May 7, 201412 yr Burns are terribly, terribly painful. I burned my .....um.....ok....I burned my va-jay-jay in 1990. The phone rang, I was trying to pour a cup of tea, multi-tasking and ended up dumping the scalding water on my crotch. (2nd degree on the left side but 3rd degree extending to the right side) Ive had 4 kids......all natural births. I would have all 4 of them over again before I dealt with a burn like that again. There are no words...
May 7, 201412 yr Author Thanks for the info and video...My burn I don't think is anywhere near the burn pictured there. The yellow/green in the middle, I and even the ER Doc a couple weeks ago thought it was an infection. When it first happened: Three months later:
May 7, 201412 yr they will definitely clean that up a bit by debriding the tissue around the area but it looks like they wont need a big donor site(the area on your body where they will take a graft which is just shaving a layer off ) did they take cultures? (swab the wound) if so did they tell you the results?
May 7, 201412 yr Too much for me. Please excuse me while I faint. I am soooo sorry for your pain, Colleen, but I can't be here on this thead. Good luck, Amiga!!!!
May 8, 201412 yr Burns are terribly, terribly painful. I burned my .....um.....ok....I burned my va-jay-jay in 1990. The phone rang, I was trying to pour a cup of tea, multi-tasking and ended up dumping the scalding water on my crotch. (2nd degree on the left side but 3rd degree extending to the right side) Ive had 4 kids......all natural births. I would have all 4 of them over again before I dealt with a burn like that again. Horrible! So sorry you had to go through that!
May 9, 201412 yr I had a burn like Colleen's from a charcoal chimney starter (hot even when empty) and it did eventually heal, is that an option?
May 9, 201412 yr What I do know is that smokers heal tremendously slower than non smokers. And, much less scarring factor with non smokers, plus, much greater chance of the graft not being rejected. So, yeah for you!
May 9, 201412 yr Author Ah well, the doctor I saw said the inner portion is a 3rd degree burn and will not heal over. I haven't seen a surgeon yet, my primary needs to refer me and well they don't have an appointment for a bit. At the urgent care center, he did test me with a swab, and at home I checked, there is no feeling in the center of the burn. I am such a klutz. No more hot water bottles for me.
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