Since different skin types, for example, based on age, influenceepidermal permeability [19, 20] it was of interest to know if such variations might effect donor site wound healing and require different skin types to each have their own wound treatment protocol. hat needs to be treated based on skin types. The respondents indicated that the regimes for treating diabetic and immunosuppressive patients were not individualized, but in the case of children and the elderly treatment regimes were modified for the majority of patients (Figure 9).