Methods for promoting healing of skin resurfacing wounds
AssigneeCeladon Science, LLC
InventorsWalid Kuri-Harcuch, Yesid Bolivar-Flores
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for promoting healing of wounds which result from skin resurfacing procedures, e.g., from laser surgery to remove or alter superficial features of the skin. The methods involve the application of a sheet of cultured epithelial cells to the laser skin resurfacing would of a subject in need of such treatment. The methods promote faster healing of skin resurfacing wounds relative to prior art methods of healing such wounds.
Claims7
A method for promoting healing of a laser skin resurfacing wound comprising applying to the laser skin resurfacing wound of a subject in need of such treatment a preserved sheet of allogeneic or xenogeneic cultured epithelial cells that substantially covers the wound, the sheet of cultured epithelial cells comprising cultured epidermal keratinocytes, wherein the sheet of cultured epithelial cells is applied to the wound on a backing layer.
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