What should you know about hyaluronic acid for burn scars?

Burn scars can be dry, tight, itchy, raised, depressed, darker, lighter, or joined to nearby tissue. Hyaluronic acid in a moisturising product may improve hydration, but it cannot release a contracture or replace scar rehabilitation. An injection is a separate intervention and may not suit fragile, inflamed, infected, or recently healed skin. The scar's depth, location, mobility, sensation, and effect on movement guide treatment choices.

Ask a burn, dermatology, plastic surgery, or rehabilitation clinician to examine the scar. Keep healed skin moisturised with a product recommended for you, protect it from sunlight, and follow advice about movement, stretching, pressure therapy, or silicone care. Do not apply a new active product to an open wound, and do not inject a cosmetic material into scar tissue without specialist advice. Read [Hyaluronic Acid](/materials/hyaluronic-acid/) and [Hyaluronic Acid Injection](/treatments/non-surgical-orthopedics/hyaluronic-acid-injection/) for background.

Arrange prompt care if a scar becomes newly painful, hot, red, swollen, wet, or foul-smelling, or if it opens or starts limiting movement. Seek urgent help for fever, rapidly spreading redness, severe swelling, breathing difficulty, or facial swelling after using or injecting a product. A scar that changes quickly should be examined rather than treated at home.

Is my burn fully healed? What type of scar do I have, and would hydration, rehabilitation, silicone, or another treatment fit it? Could an injection affect sensation, movement, or later scar assessment?