Citation

King I, Lipede C, Varma S. Int. Wound J. 2013; 10(4): 482-483.

Affiliation

I King, MA (Oxon), MBBS, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle, NE1 4LP, UK C Lipede, MRCS, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle, NE1 4LP, UK S Varma, FRCS (Plast.), Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle, NE1 4LP, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01000.x

PMID

22715965

Abstract

A 32-year-old man presented with chemical burns to his penis following accidental application of depilatory cream to the area. The gentleman consequently sustained deep dermal burns to his penis, experiencing genital swelling and dysuria. This injury was managed conservatively in our burns unit and the patient was discharged shortly after. We present this unusual case of penile burns which has not previously been described in the literature despite depilatory creams being inexpensive and relatively easy to use, and subsequently popular choice amongst available hair removal options.

Language: en