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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

People with severe burns, bedsores, or chronic diseases such as diabetes are at risk for developing wounds known as cutaneous ulcers, which can extend through multiple layers of the skin. Apart from ...

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

Imagine a skin cream that heals damage occurring throughout the day when your skin is exposed to sunlight or environmental toxins. That's the potential of a synthetic, biomimetic melanin developed 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, ...