Using donor skin taken from cadavers is a temporary fix, but not ideal. The product you're looking at is the first artificial skin on the market that's made of two layers just like normal skin. Called Integra, it's made from collagen, cartilage and silicone. It's designed to help burn patients, and others needing reconstructive surgery. When Integra is applied, the lower layer acts as a scaffolding.
Proteins help the cells properly organize to regenerate new tissue.
The top silicone layer protects the body from infection while the skin is rebuilding, and is eventually replaced with a thin sheet of the patient's own skin. The thing that impressed me most with, before you were discharged, were the areas where we grafted with the Integra and how supple it is. It has made my skin more pliable. I have never had a problem with my chest or my arms where they put the Integra. It is actually turning back to my actual pigment color.