[The area around the wound in experimental chemical injuries to the skin]

This is an experimental assessment of the morphological patterns of skin in the area surrounding wounds, produced by exposure to sodium base, sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid. The changes are followed up from 6th hour to 28th post-injury day, and compared with those in the skin surrounding thermal burns using the same experimental setup. The differences in healing processes, both by comparison with the control group, and between the individual chemical agents, are insignificant. Following chemical injury as well, nonspecific tissue healing processes develop in the area around the wound. The diagnostic and therapeutic problems faced, and the potentials in the wound area after chemical lesions are similar to those following other types of skin damage.