third-degree burns
Worst skin damage
Third-degree burns are the most severe classification of burn injury, destroying all layers of skin and potentially damaging underlying tissue, muscle, or bone.
The burned area may appear white, brown, or black and is often painless because nerve endings have been destroyed.
Third-degree burns require immediate medical treatment and typically need skin grafts to heal.
- intensive careSpecialized treatment for severe illness
- nerve damageInjured neural tissue
- contracturesPermanent tissue shortening
- skin graftingTransplanting tissue to wounds
- scarringPermanent mark formation
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Mildest thermal skin injury
sunburn · mild burns · second-degree burns · erythema · flash burns
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