If you know what you’re doing, wound care can be fairly simple. Here are eight proven ways to treat and soothe HS wounds, ...

There are three main categories of wound healing, depending on treatment and wound type: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Learn more about these types here.

A tunneling wound is a wound that’s progressed to form passageways beneath the surface of the skin. Learn why tunneling wounds form, how they’re treated, and how to prevent them.

An open wound is an injury involving an external or internal break in your body tissue, usually involving the skin. Nearly everyone will experience an open wound at some point in their lives. In ...

Flesh-eating bacteria cases rise after hurricanes in Florida The bacteria can infect a person with an open wound, such as a cut, and can cause the skin and soft tissue around the wound to quickly ...

Wound healing does not always follow a simple path; some acute wounds fail to heal and some become chronic. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) can be used to aid healing in acute, chronic, closed ...

The proliferative phase of wound healing is characterised by granulation, contraction and epithelialisation (Flanagan, 1998a). Granulation tissue, which was first identified by John Hunter in 1786 ...

Success of the graft take is dependent on the proliferation of granulation tissue, which can be achieved only when an adequate microenvironment is created in the wound.

The most common type of avulsion injury is a skin avulsion wound. Your skin is made up of three tissue layers. From outside in, they are the epidermis, the dermis, and the hypodermis. In a skin ...

Incised Open Wound of the Wrist, with Successful Primary Reconstruction and Closure Fourteen Hours after Injury (Reproduced from Flynn 12 with the Permission of the Publishers).

A cartilage piercing creates an open wound. As it heals, it may look swollen, lumpy, or like a bump. Over time, cartilage piercings may develop other bumps due to infections or scarring.