News and views

We are in the process of migrating news from our old website. Please be patient while we complete this process.

News
Hemani and Janet are seated at a table in a brightly lit, wood panelled room. Hemani is talking and wears a pastel pink shirt. Janet is smiling and listening and wears a black top and grey scarf. Dr Hemani Modasia Shah is a GP, and Scar Free Foundation Trustee and Ambassador. Professor Janet Lord is co-director of the scar free foundation centre for conflict wound research, Birmingham

Join our new Community Event series: First session on keloid scarring now open for registration

Our free, informal Scar Free Foundation Community Event series kicks off with a keloids-focused evening on Wednesday 20 May – and you’re invited!

Find out more
News
Hemani and Janet are seated at a table in a brightly lit, wood panelled room. Hemani is talking and wears a pastel pink shirt. Janet is smiling and listening and wears a black top and grey scarf. Dr Hemani Modasia Shah is a GP, and Scar Free Foundation Trustee and Ambassador. Professor Janet Lord is co-director of the scar free foundation centre for conflict wound research, Birmingham

Join our new Community Event series: First session on keloid scarring now open for registration

Our free, informal Scar Free Foundation Community Event series kicks off with a keloids-focused evening on Wednesday 20 May – and you’re invited!

Find out more
News
Bridget Edminson is a Trustee of The Scar Free Foundation

Meet our Trustees: Bridget Edminson

New Trustee Bridget brings a versatile skillset of legal expertise, strategic leadership and public service. In this interview, Bridget reflects on an extraordinary career, the urgent need for scar free research - and a fondness for cold water adventures.

Find out more
News
Professor Janet Lord wears a black top and grey cardigan as she sits at a desk covered in research equipment. Janet smiles at the camera.

New research offers insight into how laser treatment improves burn scars 

Although laser therapy is widely used to help ease scar symptoms, why and how it reportedly helps wasn't understood

Find out more
News
Four images over a blue sky and cloud background. From right to left: the five-person Hatts skydive team wear blue jumpsuits and stand around a picnic bench, smiling at the camera in the sun. Image 2: the Hatts skydive team prepare to raise money for Scar Free research and stand in a line in their blue jumpsuits in front of a sign that reads SKYDIVE. Image 3: a member of the Hatts skydive team who is skydiving to raise money for the Scar Free Foundation wears a blue jumpsuit and smiles at the camera as a skydive technician prepares his harness in front of a wall covered in orange graffiti. Image 4: the Hatts skydive team line up and smile in their jumpsuits, ready to board their plane and jump.

The Hatt Clinic team skydives for Scar Free research

Five fearless skydivers from Hatt Health & Movement Clinic took to the skies on a sunny Saturday, all in support of Scar Free research

Find out more
News

SafeTea relaunched following rise in hot drink burns among children

New SafeTea campaign to mark National Burns Awareness Day 2025 aims to reinvigorate awareness, prevention, and first aid after worrying data from Children's Burns Trust and the International Burn Injury Database

Find out more
News
HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh leans down and plays with a baby in its mother's arms

Scar Free Royal Patron and Chief Investigator SPARC further support for conflict-related sexual violence survivors

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh and Professor Iain Whitaker OBE are back at Panzi Hospital to advance work on the SPARC project, supporting survivors of conflict-related sexual violence 📸 Aaron Chown, Chief Royal Photographer at PA

Find out more

Quarterly Scar Free Foundation news, straight to your inbox.

Our Privacy Policy