Matching Facial Color With Split Thickness Skin Grafts From Adjacent Areas

Techniques for Split‐Thickness Skin Grafting

“…Choice of the donor site is dependent upon the resulting skin match and the appearance of the donor site scar. For split grafting onto the face, the best color match is seen when skin is taken from the scalp, neck, and supraclavi‐cular areas 1 …”

Split-Thickness Skin Graft Harvested From the Scalp for the Coverage of Extensive Temple or Forehead Defects in Elderly Patients

“…The use of skin grafts harvested from areas close to the recipient site results in a closer match between the graft and the surrounding facial skin. [5][6][7] The melanin present in the melanocytes of the basal layer of the epidermis is principally responsible for determining skin color. 8 The different regions of the skin have different levels of melanin, accounting for the differences in pigmentation observed between those different areas.…”

Postburn Neck Contracture: Principles of Reconstruction and a Treatment Algorithm

“…The most suitable donor site is followed by the "blush areas," which include the anterior chest and shoulders, exhibit well-matching skin thickness and color, and can be regarded as the ideal donor sites for neck reconstruction. 23 After expansion, the flaps from these areas are thin enough to maintain the natural neck contour. The skin of these areas is primarily nourished by the perforators of supraclavicular artery, internal mammary artery, and thoracoacromial artery.…”