Getting a chemical burn on your face is scary, but luckily it's treatable. Here's how to care for your damaged skin and prevent any future injury.

Chemical exposure to any part of the eye or eyelid may result in a chemical eye burn. Chemical burns represent 7%-10% of eye injuries. About 15%-20% of burns to the face involve at least one eye.

Hydrofluoric acid (HF) burns represent a particularly challenging subset of chemical injuries. Unlike other acids, HF penetrates deeply into tissue, releasing fluoride ions that disrupt cellular ...

One- and two-year-old children are at the highest risk of burning their eyes with chemicals, despite the long held belief that working-age adults were the most at risk from this type of severe eye ...