Can you help? There are four basic types of skin tissue seen in pressure ulcers: slough, eschar, granulation, and epithelial tissue. Slough: soft moist avascular, devitalized (dead) tissue.

Eschar, pronounced es-CAR, is dead tissue that sheds or falls off from the skin. It’s commonly seen with pressure ulcer wounds (bedsores). Eschar is typically tan, brown, or black, and may be ...