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Expansion of normal skin by means of inflatable prostheses implanted in subcutaneous tissue. These are inflated with saline over several weeks until enough extra skin has been created. The expanded skin is then mobilised as full thickness skin grafts, regional advancement flaps, or free flaps. These provide large amounts of normal skin to resurface scarred areas
