Donate skin to burn victims??

Has anyone ever heard of donating extra skin to burn victims?  One of my co-workers just told me a friend of hers did this down in California and her doctor told her if she'd donate to burn victims, he'd do the surgery for free.  Never heard of that before, but if it's really a thing, I'd love to hear about it.  I'm in the Seattle/Tacoma/Bremerton WA area.  Any idea where to start looking into this?  All input is greatly appreciated!

no, donated skin is not accepted for skin grafting.

search for this in the forums, I believe this pops up once a year or so.

I read this was all BS and that our skin wasn't suitable for donation because it was all "stretched out" to use a non technical term.  I tend to think it is BS if it was true more people like us would be having plastic surgery for free and not having all this extra skin hanging.    

I think all of us really wish we could do this. Start saving for plastics. 

Nope. 

• Skin from live patients is too thick and contains underlying tissue.
  
  
• It's very expensive to take "live skin" when compared to cadaver skin.
  
  
• Skin would need to be quarantined for 6 months and tested twice for HIV and other diseases.
  
  
• The skin after plastic surgery is stretched out and not suitable for a patient.

This is 100% myth. It doesn't happen. Period.

Urban Legend  

Thanks for all your replies!  It was worth a shot.  I do have a plastics consult next week and thought I'd bring it up here.  

I was an ICU burn nurse for 3 years. Most skin grafts are from the victims own donor sites. Those are the ones that "take" best. Cadaver skin is sometimes used to cover large body surface area burns to prevent infection until a donor site can heal enough to harvest. With the advent of new colloidal dressings and such, even cadaver skin is used less than ever. 

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