The lesions in the AE- and MA-treated groups showed marked hair growth, and scabs were noted to be covering their respective lesion openings. Importantly, all wounds in the control, AE- and MA-treated groups exhibited a moderate level of exudation with no hair growth and scabs on top of lesion openings on day 10. Furthermore, the incidence of a dry surface, augmented hair development and progressive contraction of wound were noticeably present in all cases, in particular in the MA- and AE-treated groups. On the final day of the study (day 14), all burn wounds in the AE and MA groups, as well as the untreated group, exhibited marked levels of exudation and scab loss. In addition, increased hair formation was observed at the lesions in the AE- and MA-treated groups, which indicated that healing was taking place. Overall, the lesions in the AE- and MA-treated groups were significantly reduced in size after day 10 (Table I).