Skin contracture

A permanent tightening of the skin that prevents normal movement of the associated body part and that can cause permanent deformity. A contracture develops when the normally elastic connective tissues are replaced by inelastic fibrous tissue. This makes the affected area resistant to stretching and prevents normal movement.

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Despite standard of care primarily consisting of dressings, skin grafts and skin substitutes, patients frequently suffer from slow healing, pain, scarring, skin contracture and reduced range of motion.

Improved Skin Healing Reported In Burn Study In Pigs Using Fat-Derived Stem

In the early stage of healing, the mechanism of wound closure is mainly by reepithelialization in human while it is by skin contracture in rodents [3].

Comment on "Topically applied connective tissue growth factor/CCN2 improves diabetic preclinical cutaneous wound healing: potential role for CTGF in human diabetic foot ulcer healing"

Despite these treatments, patients with severe burns commonly suffer from prolonged pain, aggressive scarring, skin contracture and reduced range of motion.