Table 2. Subject demographics, injury details, and acute burn and hypertrophic scar management.
| Subject # | Age at time of sampling (years) | Gender | Race | Fitzpatrick skin type | Age of scar (months) | Mechanism of Injury | Location of dyspigmented scars | Acute burn management of specific scar area | Previous scar treatments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 63 | F | AA | 5 | 15 | Fire/flames | R. chest flank and axilla | A,B | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| 2 | 35 | M | A | 3 | 395 | Unknown | R. posterior axilla | Unknown | 2,3,4 |
| 3 | 55 | M | AA | 5 | 19 | Scald | R. wrist | E | 1,2 |
| 4 | 37 | M | H | 3 | 11 | Fire/flames | R. thigh | A,D | 1,2 |
| 5 | 52 | M | AA | 5 | 15 | Flash | L. elbow | B | 1,2 |
| 6 | 22 | M | H | 4 | 20 | Fire/flames | L. thigh | A, C | 1,2 |
| 7 | 60 | M | W | 2 | 12 | Volcanic ash | R. thigh | A | 1,2 |
| 8 | 34 | M | AA | 6 | 6 | Fire/flames | Bilateral hands | A (hyper), E (hypo) | 1,2 |
| 9 | 52 | F | AA | 6 | 6 | Fire/flames | R. thigh | A (hypo), F (hyper) | 1,2 |
| 10 | 38 | M | AA | 5 | 8 | Unknown | L. shoulder | A | 1,2 |
| 11 | 52 | M | AA | 5 | 4 | Electrical injury | R. thigh | F | -- |
| 12 | 39 | F | AA | 5 | 4 | Fire/flames | L. thigh | C | 1,2 |
| 12 | 54 | M | H | 4 | 6 | Electro-thermal | L. arm | B | 1 |
| 13 | 45 | F | AA | 6 | 63 | Donor Site | R. thigh | F | -- |
For race, AA = African American, A = Asian, H = Hispanic, W = white. For acute burn management, A = Excision and autografting, B = Excision and xenografting, C = excision and allografting, D = Graft failure and healing by secondary intention, E = Wound care and healing by secondary intention, outside hospital, F = scar resulting from creation of donor site. For previous scar treatments, 1 = Custom compression garments, 2 = Fractional ablative CO2 laser scar revision with topical drug delivery of triamcinolone, 3 = Burn scar excision and graft placement, 4 = Burn scar release and local tissue rearrangement, 5 = Steroid injection.