Burn Treatment

Best burn surgeon at your service

Burns are horrific injuries that can have a severe physiological as well as a psychological impact on the patient’s health and wellbeing, causing significant functional and aesthetic problems. At Cosmeticoplasty, we have the best burn surgeon in Lahore, Pakistan, to restore your functional abilities and improve your aesthetic appearance.

Burn Surgery Procedures by the
Best Burn Surgeon at Cosmeticoplasty

Due to the advances in the materials and methods for the management of burns, we as the best burn unit in Lahore have various techniques for successful reconstructive surgery to improve your quality of life and decrease the size and appearance of scars. At Cosmeticoplasty, we have the best burn surgeon in Lahore, Pakistan, to restore your appearance and functionality and provide you with the best possible outcome.

Skin Grafting

We perform skin grafting to cover the burn area after cleaning the wound in order to prevent infections, scarring, stiffness and to promote fast rehabilitation.

Most commonly, we use autografts to remove the skin from one area of the body and transplant it to the injured area to cover exposed tissues, tendons, and bones. Artificial grafts and allografts, i.e., taking healthy skin from another person, are also used.

We take two types of skin grafts depending upon the thickness;

Both of these grafts have different advantages, and we apply them according to the individual needs and circumstances and use the correct option for you depending upon the size and severity of your wound.

Skin Substitutes

We use skin substitutes in order to provide a covering for the wound by producing new skin using burn treatment. This skin engineering is very revolutionary as it can provide cover for large areas of tissue damage where more than 50% of the skin is damaged by the injury.

We use the following skin substitutes in which the material used for tissue engineering is made up of extracellular matrix, or their combination.

We use skin substitutes for permanent use as well as temporary use prior to the application of skin grafts or flaps.

Flap Surgery

We use flap reconstruction to repair deep defects were only replacing the skin cannot serve the purpose. We use flap covers when the bulk is needed; it can include skin, fat, fascia, and sometimes even muscle. We surgically remove tissue along with its blood supply from one part of the body and transfer it to another area to replace the lost tissue.

We use several methods for providing flap surgery, including

Tissue Expansion

We use tissue expansion to gradually expand an area in order to grow extra skin through controlled mechanical tissue expansion to use in reconstructive procedures anywhere on the body. We accomplish this by inserting a silicone balloon expander under the skin near the damaged area. We add the saline solution to the balloon expander allowing it to increase in size slowly, causing the skin to stretch and grow. And when enough skin has been grown, we use it to correct or reconstruct the damaged area.

Our primary aim is to restore your function and aesthetics. According to your individual needs, we select the right procedure or sometimes a combination of procedures to serve your customized goal. At Cosmeticoplasty, we have the best burn surgeon in Lahore, Pakistan, to help you regain your lost self.

Yes. Performing Reconstructive burn surgery after burn injury is a standard protocol done to regain the normal function and appearance of the skin as much as possible.

Reconstructive burn surgery is performed to improve the function and cosmetic appearance of burn scars. This includes altering scar tissue using different techniques like grafting, flaps, tissue expansion, etc. following are the goals of reconstructive burn surgery;

• Achieve wound closure
• Prevention of infections
• Cosmetic enhancement
• Re-establish tissue loss
• Decrease functional restrictions and contractions

Basically, in plastic surgery for burns, the burnt skin and tissues are replaced with healthy skin and tissues to improve the appearance and function of the burned area.

Fortunately, most burn injuries are minor and require only first aid treatment. However, burns that are deep and affect a large area of the body are far more serious and can be life-threatening, and can involve intensive care treatment and several operations. The seriousness of a burn injury is determined by

• How much area is burned (body surface area BSA)
• Prevention of infections
• Age and general health of the burn victim

A contracture is a serious complication of a burn. If you get a contracture, you are not able to move the scarred area normally. Contracture occurs when burn scars thicken, mature, and tighten. They can prevent movement and make daily functions extremely difficult to perform. They usually occur when a burn injury covers a joint.

Yes. Once established, burn contractures can be corrected with reconstructive burn surgery using different techniques, including serial splinting, the release of contracting bands with Z plasties, incision and skin grafting, excision, and resurfacing with skin grafts or flaps, free flaps reconstructions, or using tissue expanders.

Yes. Facial reconstruction surgery is performed to regain both the function and appearance of facial features.

The donor site of the graft heals within one to two weeks. The graft site will be covered with a sterile dressing until the graft has connected with the surrounding blood supply, which usually takes up to five to ten days. A bandage is also placed at the donor site of the graft to provide protection. At first, the color of the grafted skin may appear red or purple, but it will start to look like the surrounding skin over time. It can take up to a year or two for the final appearance to settle down.

In tissue expansion, extra skin is grown by stretching the tissues; it is used in case of large burn wounds when your body does not have enough amount of normal skin to use as grafts.

Be patient with your healing after plastic surgery to repair burns. You will notice changes in the color, appearance, and feel of your skin at the surgical site. You might also experience some tingling, numbness, pain, or minimal feeling around your incisions. This is normal, and it will continue to improve in the next few months.

Plastic surgery for burn injury has proven to be very successful as it has shown dramatic results in many cases. The amount of treatment required and the recovery period depends upon the severity of burns, your age, and general overall health. Patients with major burns can need many procedures to improve their function or appearance.

What you experience after a serious burn depends largely on the extent of damage and severity of your skin. For a minimum of three to four weeks after the surgery, you will need to avoid any activities that could stretch or injure the site. According to your specific situation, your plastic surgeon will guide you to resume your normal activities. For the skin to get back to normal varies from person to person; roughly, it can take anywhere from one to two years, more or less, to restore the function and appearance completely.