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2. Human branding - Wikipedia

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   Human branding or stigmatizing is the process by which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention of the resulting scar making it permanent. This is performed using a hot or very cold branding iron.

3. Burn scar contracture - Wikipedia

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   Burn scar contracture is the tightening of the skin after a second or third degree burn. When skin is burned, the surrounding skin begins to pull together, resulting in a contracture. It needs to be treated as soon as possible because the scar can result in restriction of movement around the

4. Scarification - Wikipedia

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   Scarification can be used to transmit complex messages about identity; such permanent body markings may emphasize fixed social, political, and religious roles. [1] Tattoos, scars, brands, and piercings, when voluntarily acquired, are ways of showing a person's autobiography on the surface of the body to the world. [7]

5. What are burn scars? What to know about this dangerous ... - AOL

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   What was once a red-hot wildfire can quickly become a flooding and landslide danger.

6. How to reduce the appearance of scars, according to experts - AOL

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   Icepick scars are narrow, deep scars in the skin that form a hole or V-shape. Boxcar scars are square-shaped depressions with sharply defined edges. Rolling scars have sloping edges.

7. Contracture - Wikipedia

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   Wound contraction, where the edges of the skin are pulled together to close the wound, is a normal part of wound healing. However, large wounds and abnormal wound healing cause skin contractures by excessively tightening the skin and limiting movement. [6] [7] [8] A skin contracture due to a burn is known as a burn scar contracture.

8. Wound contracture - Wikipedia

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   Wound contracture is a process that may occur during wound healing when an excess of wound contraction, a normal healing process, leads to physical deformity characterized by skin constriction and functional limitations. [1] [2] [3] Wound contractures may be seen after serious burns and may occur on the palms, the soles, and the anterior thorax ...

9. An invasive weed that can cause severe burns, blisters, scars ...

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   Scars from the burns can last for years, and this reaction can cause blindness if sap gets in a person's eye. ... Giant hogweed sap can make skin extremely sensitive to the sun, causing third ...