Xenokin - medical substitute for skin. It is used in medicine for the treatment of burn patients.
Xenocals are most often made from pig skin. By production, cut a layer of pigskin with a thickness of 0.3-0.4 mm, then canned in nitrogen , dried and packaged in sterile bags of 100, 200 or 300 cm². The skin in this package can be stored for up to three years.
Before use, Xeno-skin is soaked in saline or antiseptic, put on a wound and fixed with special dressings. In most cases, when using this material after one or two weeks, the xeno-skin on the wound dries out and disappears. Instead, it forms a normal human.
Advantages of xenocin - under it suppurations are rare, which improves the healing of burns and other extensive wounds. The price of this product in most cases is very reasonable, which makes it affordable in developing countries.
Its use is advisable when more than 50% of the affected skin is affected. However, the skin of an animal causes immune reactions in some people.