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The danger of scald burns during hair braiding
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Torrance.
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
The cases are presented of three patients who sustained scald burns after placing their braided hair in boiling water to set the braids. Caretakers and cosmetologists should be warned of the potential danger from scald burns when setting hair braids. Emergency physicians should be aware of this mechanism of injury for scald burns to the scalp, face, back, and neck regions.