High conformability, moisture donation, and faster healing

1 High conformability, moisture donation, and faster healing 

The medical tests conducted in vivo on the rat animal model showed that MC membranes successfully protected the surface of large-area skin bums from an excessive external fluid loss and significantly accelerated the process of healing 

One of the positive effects of treatment with MC dressing was a significant reduction of scar tissue formation on the facial surface affected by partial and 

A significant decrease of pain has been observed throughout the treatments with MC material. After daily patient interviews, there were only two cases in which patients terminated treatment with the MC dressing, explaining that they could not withstand the psychological effect of wearing the mask on their wounded faces. 

This work has been financially supported by the Grants No. 4 T09B 056 24 and PBZ-MIN-007/P04/2003 from the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research. The authors are grateful to Professor R.M. Brown, Jr. and D. Nobles from the Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, USA for helpful discussions during preparation of this manuscript. 

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