Doctors in the coastal city of Fortalez, Brazil, have begun using skin from tilapia fish as bandages on burn victims. While the experimental technique can make for some unsettling imagery, it has also been producing amazing results.
“In this historic city by the sea in northeast Brazil, burn patients look as if they’ve emerged from the waves. They are covered in fish skin — specifically strips of sterilized tilapia,” an article on STAT, a website that focuses on medical news, begins.
Why this Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims | @NewsHour https://t.co/1IRGD2n90Q
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The article continues to explain that the use of tilapia skin to treat burn victims arose out of a shortage of available human skin for grafting. As a result of the shortage, doctors often used gauze and silver sulfadiazine cream to cover burns.
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