Skin wounds: general aspects and healing stages

Few diseases affect so many people, regardless of age, country, religious belief, economic class or any other personal characteristic, such as skin wounds. As for the potential for contamination, skin wounds are classified as clean, potentially contaminated, contaminated and infected. Depending on the depth, they are types I (affects only the epidermis), II (epidermis and dermis), III (all layers of the skin) or IV (compromises the deeper tissues). The healing that has the phases of inflammation, proliferation and maturation can occur for the first, second or third intention. As for the duration of the wounds, these are said to be acute when they are less than 6 weeks and chronic when they are ≥ 6 weeks. Each of the 3 healing stages has its own characteristics. Skin wounds can have different origins and depending on specific characteristics. In this review, we covered general aspects of the wounds as well as their healing phases.