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Please today itself write and give me facts on SKIN DONATION. pls quick will mark it as the brainliest.

Answer 1

Here are some facts about skin donation :-

• Donated skin can be frozen and stored for approximately five years. 

• Skin can only be harvested from the back, legs, and thighs.

• It does not disfigure the body of the donor in any way (since only a thin layer of skin is harvested from the legs, thighs, and back).

• You can donate skin within 6 hours of cardiac death

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Answer 2

Here are 10 things to know about skin donation:

1. Anyone above the age of 18 years can donate skin. Also, every person who donates eyes is eligible for skin donation. Though, there is no mandate that if you are donating your eyes, you need to donate skin as well.

2. The skin consists of two layers namely outer epidermis and inner dermis. During harvesting, the retrieval team takes only the epidermis and a part of the dermis. Only 0.3mm thickness of the skin is harvested.

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3. Skin can be donated within six hours from the time of the death.

4. Post death, skin is taken from hidden parts that are thighs, legs and back. Taking out skin does not cause any bleeding or disfigurement. After harvesting the skin, the areas are covered with bandages.

5. Unlike organs, the donated skin can be stored in skin banks for five years, providing more flexibility to surgeons who can use it for various burn cases.

6. Unlike kidney, liver or bone marrow transplant, in skin transplant, blood or tissue match between donor and recipient is not required. Anyone’s healthy skin can be put on any one.

7. Deceased person should not be suffering from diseases like AIDS, HIV, skin cancer, Hepatitis B and C, Jaundice, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tuberculosis, active skin disease and septicemia.

8. Individuals having diabetes or hypertension can donate their skin.

9. People who have tattoos on their body or piercing can also donate their skin.

10. For skin donation, the deceased person is not to be taken to skin bank or any hospital. The kin can call the nearest skin bank and retrieval team will come to the place of death that can be either home or hospital.