(Author Sandy Bloom)  After being burned in a terrorist attack, my husband Dov and I spent almost six weeks in Hadassah Hospital, in the plastic surgery and burn unit. I was "only" burned 20%, which meant I had to endure the Jobst garments, the pain, the itching, the surgeries and skin grafts. Thank G-d, I'm fine today and don't often think about the terrorist attack or the

If you’ve never heard of a Jobst suit or skin, consider yourself lucky! It’s an elastic body suit, worn like a second skin, which helps burn patients heal, and keeps scars from forming. There is much data showing that the longer a patient wears the Jobst suit, the less scars he’ll have. The Burn Prevention Post recently interviewed Benny Shapira, manager of the plastic and reconstruction

“I’m happy to hear about the CMB Foundation!” exclaimed Dr. Yosef Haik, Head of Sheba Hospital Burn Unit in Tel Aviv. as we  told him about our newsletter, website, and our efforts to start an ongoing Trauma Therapy Burn Support Group. Dr. Haik said that even Sheba Hospital does not have such a Support Group.  When Israel was suffering from frequent terrorist attacks, Sheba’s Burn Unit invited previous burn victims to cvisit and support to the new patients.  Sheba treats over 200 burn patients a year, and 50% are children.