This study highlights the psychosocial experiences and unmet support needs of personnel and veterans who sustained appearance-altering injuries (e.g., scarring and limb loss). Findings can inform the development of interventions …
This paper explores body image distress and the mental and physical well-being difficulties experienced by personnel who have sustained physical injuries that alter their appearance.
Researchers at the University of the West of England would like to understand what it is like for veterans who have had a combat-injury that resulted in a change to …
Call for Research Participants – Combat Injury and Appearance Read More »
The Scar Free Foundation Centre for Conflict Wound Research at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), is a partnership with the University of Birmingham (UoB), the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR, …
UK’s Scar Free Foundation Centre for Conflict Wound Research Goes Live Read More »
Wounded veterans who survived against the odds are helping doctors find ways to heal without producing scarring. They are the “unexpected survivors”: the most severely wounded British soldiers from the …
Casevac Club’s mission is to be the last with scars Read More »
