Derma GeL® provides a moist environment which maintains epithelial cell viability to 97% [2] and enables healing epithelial cells to migrate across the wound bed, multiply exponantially and enhance wound healing – increasing wound contraction speed.
The moist environment provided by Derma GeL® does not permit the formation of a scab. These properties promote wound healing from the sides as well as the bottom of the wound.
A wound without moisture will form a scab. In order to heal, the epithelial cells have to migrate below the scab to reach moisture that enables them to heal the wound. Epithelial cells that have to migrate longer distances do not survive well, and this delays wound healing.