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This is a second degree chemical burn as a result of prolonged contact with silver nitrate (AgNO3), on the left hand of a caucasian female. Note the darkening tissue, a sign of tissue necrosis, as well as the leathery appearance of surrounding skin. Unlike other chemical burns, AgNO3 penetrates tissue layers at a slower rate and adverse affects of contacts are often not immediately noticed. Several days after this photo, dead tissue layers began to slough off and raw layers of the dermis and flesh was partially exposed. This burn took over 4 weeks to fully heal properly.

Photo taken by Jane Baden (That's me, and my hand) in 2005.

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