What we used to only think was capable in movies through CGI or 'witchcraft' has now been developed for practical real world applications.
This breakthrough medical procedure would take only a few days to completely heal and is seen as 'the holly grail of burn surgery'. The equipment Dr Jorg C. Cerlach has created is called the 'skin cell gun' which, he says it works quite similar to paint spraying. The ability to create skin graphs for burn victims in hospitals used to take weeks and in some cases months to heal and the real risk was infection to the new skin while it is trying to heal. The way it works is they isolate cells from the heathy part of the skin (patient), 'mixed in a water solution and prepared for cell spraying'. The entire procedure takes roughly about one hour and within a week the patient is fully healed.
The entire procedure is still highly experimental but has worked successfully on a dozen burn victims.
Link to video: National Geographic (warning video has some graphic images)
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