Most
patients who suffered burns usually want the same thing, which is to heal burns
and free from pain and scars. Therefore, many of them choose to undergo plastic
surgery because it can eliminate the scars quickly. For a relatively small
burns or with minimal injuries, you just treat it with painkillers and
ointments to reduce inflammation. As for you who suffered severe burns or more
serious, the way treatment will probably take a long time. Patients who had
burns over 30 percent of the body surface, full recovery may take up to two
years.
Burns
can be cured by replacing the damaged skin layer by means of skin grafting
operations. However, this surgery can leave scars or scar tissue in the skin.
Therefore, you need an additional surgery to remove the scars. There are
different types of surgery that can be done to remove the scar, at least to
control and reduce the formation of scar or scars. Plastic surgery that can be
performed depending on each type of burns that you experience.
Laser
scar removal is an operation performed to reduce or revise a scar by using a
laser. This plastic surgery, will make more visible burns smooth, flat, and
color of scars were evenly with your normal skin color. Z-Plasty scar revision
is a procedure in which an incision is made in
the form Z. This surgery is used to reduce the pull of the skin or
skin folds that occur due to burns. Dermabrasion is a surgical procedure used
to flatten the layers of the wound, so that it is getting better and even scars
and disappear from time to time. Other types of surgery is to use Ultarsonik or
microwave heating. Heating by using an ultrasonic ray is used to soften scar,
loosen stiff joints and reduce the pull of the skin caused by burns.