An error occurred in the placement of the three photographs accompanying this Clinical Review article by Saiidy Hasham and colleagues (BMJ 2005;330:830-3 9 Apr), with the result that each is accompanied by the wrong caption. The photograph labelled figure 1 should be accompanied by the caption that was used for figure 2 (“Late signs of necrotising fasciitis...”); the photograph labelled figure 2 should be accompanied by the caption that was used for figure 3 (“Split thickness skin grafting...”); and the photograph labelled figure 3 should be accompanied by the caption that was used for figure 1 (“Young woman presenting with cellulitis...”).