• Are very painful with redness of the skin and blister formation
• Usually heals satisfactorily with little or no scarring.

Deep Partial Thickness:

• Contact with hot liquids, flames or chemicals.
  
• Severe pain, skin discolouration and blister formation.
  
• Produces moist and mottled skin.
  
• Heals slowly with scarring may need skin grafts.
  

Full Thickness:

• Direct contact with flames or hot liquids
  
• Produces white, leathery, charred and dry skin.
  
• Destroys hair follicles, blood vessels and nerve endings.
  
• Causes tissue coagulation with little or no pain.
  
• Will require a skin graft.
  
• Cosmetic and functional impairment.