Women at Higher Risk of Abnormal Burn Scars

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Improving post-burn scarring outcomes is important because burn scars can have a major impact on a patient's quality of life, the researchers said. They noted that burn scars "have been associated with anxiety, social avoidance, depression, a disruption in activities of daily living, the onset of sleep disturbances and all of the consequent difficulties in returning to normal life after physical rehabilitation."

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The University of Utah Health Sciences Center has more about preventing burn scars.

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