Citation

Forster K, Lingitz R, Prattes G, Schneider G, Sutter S, Schintler M, Trop M. Ann. Burns Fire Disasters 2012; 25(4): 200-202.

Affiliation

Children's Burns Unit, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; Medical University of Graz, Austria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Mediterranean Council for Burns and Fire Disasters)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23766754

PMCID

PMC3664529

Abstract

Hairdressing-related burns are preventable and therefore each case is one too many. We report a unique case of a 16-yr-old girl who suffered full-thickness chemical and thermal burns to the nape of her neck and superficial burns to the occiput after her hair had been dyed blond and placed under a dryer to accelerate the highlighting procedure. The wound on the nape of the neck required surgical debridement and skin grafting. The grafted area resulted in subsequent scar formation.

Keywords: deep dermal burns, hair bleaching

Language: en