The future of medicine is here!

emiliglia posted this on her LJ, and I watched... and I was AMAZED.  Seriously amazed.  If you can't handle the sight of a few burns (ie. if you're squeamish), you shouldn't watch it, but if you can handle the sight of the injuries, you NEED to see this. 

( Video behind the cut - hidden to protect the squeamish. )

The science behind the procedure is so simple, so straightforward... it's amazing.  Using this technique to treat burns would reduce healing time, reduce costs, reduce complications from infection, and reduce pain and suffering.  It would get burn patients out of the hospital faster so they can get back to their lives.  It would reduce scarring from burns.  It would save resources, and make GOOD burn treatment available to more people. 

And on top of that... it's just really fucking COOL.

I've had a couple of second degree burns.  Much smaller than the guy in this video, for sure, but I can tell you that they hurt like a sonofabitch and took a few weeks to heal.  And the scars from both of them were visible for a few years following each incident.  I can still see where they were because I know where to look, but yeah... if that's how long a small second-degree burn took to heal, I can't imagine how bad a large one would be.  This new technique could help so many people.