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A CASE REVIEW OF PATIENTS PRESENTING TO ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL, WITH HAIR REMOVAL WAX BURNS BETWEEN JANUARY AND NOVEMBER 2006
Author(s) -
Zoumaras J.,
Kwei J.,
Vandervord J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04127_44.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wax , hair removal , surgery , total body surface area , shore , skin grafting , dermatology , chemistry , organic chemistry , oceanography , geology
To date there has been no published literature on the dangers of hair removal wax burns. This case review illustrates the steady influx of patients presenting to Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) with hair removal wax burns. Between January and December 2006 ten patients out of 395 with burns (2.5%) presented to our dressing clinic with hair removal wax burns. All sustained burns under 5% Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) and two required debriding and split skin grafting (SSG). The mechanism of the burns was re‐heating the hair removal wax in the microwave for too long.