Skin, Artificial

Synonyms

Artificial Skin

Artificial Skins

Skin Substitute

Skin Substitutes

Skins, Artificial

Substitute, Skin

Substitutes, Skin

Synthetic material used for the treatment of burns and other conditions involving large-scale loss of skin. It often consists of an outer (epidermal) layer of silicone and an inner (dermal) layer of collagen and chondroitin 6-sulfate. The dermal layer elicits new growth and vascular invasion and the outer layer is later removed and replaced by a graft.