Photo & video gallery

A round wound at the site of a mastectomy scar that stayed open instead of closing, its bed covered with dead tissue and fibrinous discharge. In the first session the wound was assessed and its bed debrided to remove the dead tissue and discharge; by the following session the wound bed is clean and its edges are well defined. This patient's treatment at Dialine is ongoing.

This burn on the patient's shin came from skin touching the hot exhaust of a motorbike. The burn had happened two weeks before the patient came to Dialine, and in that time they had been treated for several sessions at another centre, but the wound had still not closed. An exhaust burn is often deeper than it first looks, because the skin has touched very hot metal. At Dialine we continued treatment with dressings and regular wound care. The session 5 photo may look worrying at first, but it shows signs of healing: the yellow dead tissue that covered the centre in session 1 is gone, and thin, pale new skin, growing in from the edges and from the hair roots, now covers most of the wound; the dark dots mark those spots. The purple ring around it is discolouration left by the burn, not infection, and it fades over time. Treatment is ongoing. The images on this page follow it up to the fifth session.

These wounds followed a road accident, one on the shin and one near the ankle, and they had stayed open for about two months. Fluid and blood had collected under the skin of the shin, and part of the skin had become necrotic. Before treatment began, we assessed the wound and the blood supply to the leg by examination and ultrasound. In the first session we drained the collection and removed the necrotic skin (debridement). Two sessions of vacuum therapy followed, and cold plasma was used in the fifth session. The images on this page follow the treatment up to the thirteenth session; treatment is ongoing.

This ulcer is on the sole of a patient who had lived with diabetes for about twenty years. Blood sugar had not been well controlled for years and severe neuropathy had set in, so the patient could not feel how deep the wound went. On arrival, the wound had tunnelled under the callus on the sole, was severely infected and smelled bad. In the first session we found a foreign body inside the wound: a lentil. Because the foot was numb, the patient had never noticed it. We removed it and cleared the dead tissue (debridement). In the following sessions we used advanced dressings, ozone therapy and cold plasma. Treatment is ongoing. The images on this page follow it up to the sixth session.

This patient came to the clinic with a three-month-old diabetic foot ulcer and an accompanying infection. At the first session we removed the non-viable tissue and prepared the wound bed for healing to continue. At the second and third sessions the wound was treated with combined laser, plasma and advanced dressing therapy. From there we followed the wound session by session, checking its condition, any signs of infection, and the formation of new tissue. The images in this gallery show the stages of treatment and how the wound's appearance changed across that follow-up. Treatment ended at the seventh session. The last two images in this gallery are from that session, with the big-toe wound closed.

Steam scalded this patient's wrist, causing a first- and second-degree burn. At the first visit the skin over the burn was red and inflamed; the blister at its centre had been deroofed, leaving a moist, tender surface underneath. With staged dressing and care the inflammation settled and new skin formed over the burned area. By the third visit the surface had dried, the superficial layers were flaking away, and only a faint mark of the burn remained. The photographs here are from the first visit and the third.

This patient had diabetes and severe diabetic neuropathy. Pain sensation in the foot was greatly reduced, so while cooking they did not feel the foot touch a hot surface, and only realised hours later, when blisters appeared. In diabetic neuropathy that loss of sensation is exactly what lets a burn happen painlessly and be recognised late. At the first visit we examined the skin and the wound for the depth of tissue damage, the state of the wound bed and any signs of infection, and chose the treatment to match what we found. Over the following sessions we followed the healing, the condition of the tissue and the risk of complications. The images on this page show the stages of treatment and follow-up, and are updated after each session.

First- and second-degree burns involving the face, hands and feet. This is the complete set of photographs from the course — the face, the back of the hand and the lower leg, from the first session through to the end. The early frames show an open burn surface; a dark eschar then forms over it, fresh red tissue appears as that separates, and in the final frames the skin is closed and even in tone. The last two images are the clinic's own start-and-end comparisons.

The prosthesis incision on this patient had opened along the suture line instead of closing, with crusting along its edges. We chose helium cold plasma for it: a non-thermal method whose tip works over the wound without pressure or direct contact. The aim is to lower the microbial load on the wound surface and support healing. In this video we move the tip along the full length of the incision, and the violet glow of the plasma is visible. This patient came to Dialine for two sessions in total.

Treatment of Severe Diabetic Toe Necrosis involves immediate infection control, restoring blood flow, and surgical removal of dead tissue (debridement). Advanced wound care techniques are then applied to stimulate new tissue growth and prevent amputation.

After orthopedic surgery on the ankle, this patient's incision separated (dehiscence) and the wound turned chronic. At the first visit its edges had pulled apart and the bed carried dead tissue. Every visit was photographed. Once the bed had been cleared and regular care continued, healthy repair tissue took the place of the dead tissue and the edges gradually drew together. By the closing visits the wound had shut, leaving only a narrow line. The photographs here come from visits 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 12 and 13; each shows the wound exactly as it was recorded at that visit.

Following an accident, surgery, and prolonged hospitalization, the patient developed a wound in the heel area accompanied by skin damage and necrosis. In order to support the wound healing process and improve the condition of the affected tissue, the patient underwent a course of treatment. A total of approximately 15 treatment sessions were completed, during which the wound healing process and the patient's clinical progress were monitored.

Vacuum Therapy (NPWT) uses controlled suction to drain excess fluids and infection from a wound bed. This process stimulates local blood flow, reduces swelling, and significantly speeds up the healing of complex and chronic wounds.