What if someone told you that the nasal decongestants, pain relievers, skin ointments and cough suppressants that you spend a fortune on at the drugstore every year could be replaced with one, small, ...

Once you experience a burn, there’s not much you can do to reverse the long-term damage the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays have done to your skin. Still, board-certified dermatologists say there are ...

These effects occur both in the skin itself and systemically in the body. When applied in a cream, the synthetic melanin can protect skin from sun exposure and heals skin injured by sun damage or ...

Burn surgeons at Baton Rouge General are using a new spray-on skin technology on nearly every burn patient, making the ...

It may sound like science fiction, but researchers are working on developing a printer that could be filled with a patient’s cells, and then used in the clinic to print new layers of skin so that ...

Patients may suffer for many months with sores that never fully heal. And if they do heal, the healed wound is usually much weaker leaving it prone to tearing or further injury. By using safe, ...

We all cut ourselves from time to time. We get scratches when we garden, cuts when we’re chopping vegetables for dinner and wounds when we fall because we had no business roller-skating. But for some, ...

Researchers have uncovered that SerpinB3, typically linked to severe cancers, is also a key player in natural wound healing.

Myrrh oil may have benefits like killing bacteria or protecting oral health, but more research is needed. To try it, mix it with a carrier oil and apply it to the skin or inhale the aroma. You can ...

Millions of people around the world live with wounds that simply won’t heal. These long-lasting wounds, often caused by ...

Professor, Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Adjunct Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego People with severe burns, ...