**Meet the editors**

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Selda Pelin Kartal graduated from the Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine. Currently, she is an associate professor at the Department of Dermatology of the University of Health Sciences, Dişkapi Yildirim Beyazit Training and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey. She has coauthored over 100 published articles and supervised several master's and postdoc-

toral students. Her interests focus on acne, psoriasis, urticaria, autoimmune bullous diseases, Behçet's disease, hair disorders, burn injury and cosmetic dermatology.

Prof. Dr. Dilek Bayramgürler graduated from the Marmara University School of Medicine. Currently, she is a professor at the Department of Dermatology of the Kocaeli University Faculty of Medicine in Kocaeli, Turkey. She has coauthored nearly 100 published articles. Cutaneous lymphomas, phototherapy, acne and psoriasis are her main interests in the field of dermatology.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Burn Injury 15**

**Section 4 Treatment of Burn Injury 59**

**Burn Scars 61** Mehmet Unal

Mehmet Unal

Chapter 2 **Burn Etiology and Pathogenesis 17** Yesim Akpinar Kara

**Section 3 Inflammatory Response In Burn Injury 35**

Chapter 5 **Herbal Therapy for Burns and Burn Scars 75**

Chapter 6 **Platelet-Rich Plasma in Burn Treatment 87**

Chapter 7 **Surgical Treatment of Burn Scars 105**

**Section 1 General Description of Burn Injuries 1**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: An Introduction to Burn Injuries 3**

**Section 2 The Etiology, Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings of**

Chapter 3 **The Role of the Inflammatory Response in Burn Injury 37**

Chapter 4 **The Therapeutic Effects of Conservative Treatments on**

Serap Maden, Emel Erdal Çalıkoğlu and Pertevniyal Bodamyalızade

Pertevniyal Bodamyalızade, Emel Erdal Çalıkoğlu and Serap Maden

Xanthe L. Strudwick and Allison J. Cowin

Selda Pelin Kartal, Cemile Tuğba Altunel and Dilek Bayramgurler
