Maria Ines Candio, from Russas, Brazil, got her severe burns from a gas cooking explosion in a restaurant where worked. She received burns on her arms, neck, and some on her face.
Doctors surprisingly offered to treat her burnt skin with fish scales instead of using traditional medicine. This alternative treatment is first time in medical history, and Maria is the first ever patient to receive the method.
“Tilapia skin contains optimum levels of collagen type-one and high degrees of humidity, so it takes a long time to dry out. These are important characteristics known for healing burns and for providing patients with essential proteins,” said Dr. Edmar Maciel, one of the surgeons who developed the treatment.
“We discovered that Tilapia fish skin performs significantly better in the healing process by soothing and curing severe wounds caused by burns,” he added.
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