Pressure garment are tight fitting gloves, masks, or sleeves that may be worn to put pressure on the skin layes after burn injury has healed. In a burn, the top layer of skin is gone so it is not able to put the pressure on the skin below as it would in healthy skin. Without the skin pressure, very thick and stiff scaring, called hyperthropic scarring can happen after a burn. This scarring can cause limits to movement.
To help prevent this type of scarring, doctor may suggest a fitted pressure garment. Right after burn wound has healed and the scar is new and soft is the best time to start to use a pressure garment.
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