Will never be approved by the US FDA since it can't be patented.
Kerecis got FDA clearance in 2013, and then approval in 2016.
Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
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Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#42It's old news. There is even “And Dream of Sheep” — Grey’s Anatomy, Season 15 Episode 17. That’s the episode where they mention using tilapia fish skin to treat burns. Original U.S. air date: March 14, 2019.
2019? I'm surprised they kept it running for that long.
It's still running - season 22 right now.
Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#43This article is from 2017 - maybe should say so in the submission title?
Still, an interesting read
Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#44TLDR; Its a fantastic substitute for bandages in the sense that you don't need to take off the fish skin everyday. Its also better are retaining moisture in the burn wounds than cotton badages. No need for antibiotics, painkillers etc Its also really cheap. Fish farms regard them as waste.
> Fish farms regard them as waste.
I have only seen tilapia sold whole - the skin is one of the best parts when you fry them.
Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#45They did this in the Netflix One Piece series (with a yellowtail though)
Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#46TLDR; Its a fantastic substitute for bandages in the sense that you don't need to take off the fish skin everyday. Its also better are retaining moisture in the burn wounds than cotton badages. No need for antibiotics, painkillers etc Its also really cheap. Fish farms regard them as waste.
> Fish farms regard them as waste. I have only seen tilapia sold whole - the skin is one of the best parts when you fry them.
Same here. Not with just tilapia, but pretty much every fish.
Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#47In Chinese villages, I've seen them use fish skin, potato skin, various leaves, cooked birds nest, fish fin oil, and etc to treat open wounds instead of pure bandaging.
While it's not a new technique, it's fascinating for this area to be further explored.
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#48The fact that tilapia skin was basically waste, yet turns out to have higher collagen content, better tensile strength, and better moisture retention than human skin is kind of remarkable
Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's special is that tilapia is probably cheaper than even the local fish since it's farmed in massive quantities and shipped all over the world as food. If other fish skins were tried it must have been similar results.
Tilapia imports are heavily restricted to Australia, The live fish will not be allowed, they are considered "restricted noxious fish". The rules are: Illegal to Keep: You cannot keep tilapia (dead or alive), sell them, give them away, or use them as bait. Immediate Euthanasia: Humanely kill the fish as soon as you catch it. Disposal: Bury: Bury them deep and well away from the water's edge to prevent scavengers from…
Where I grew up (in northern Australia) a lot of people targeted and ate tilapia out of local estuaries .. there were a lot of them and they were big.
Re: Doctors in Brazil using tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims (2017)
#50They do this in Iceland too