Jay Leno Burns Extra Severe, However Anticipated to Make Full Restoration

The burns Jay Leno suffered in a automotive fireplace Saturday are extra severe than was initially reported, his physician informed reporters Wednesday.

“Mr. Leno underwent what’s referred to as a surgical excision and grafting process to his face, his chest and his palms,” Dr. Peter Grossman informed ABC7 Information. Leno sustained “deep second diploma and third diploma burns” when a classic 1907 steam engine automotive he was engaged on in his Burbank storage caught fireplace.

Leno will want additional surgical procedure to take away broken tissue and change it with a organic pores and skin substitute, Grossman mentioned. He’s additionally spending time in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which helps preserve the burns from worsening and improves the result, in keeping with Grossman.

Leno was transferred to the Grossman Burn Middle in West Hills, Calif. after the accident. In an announcement Monday, the previous “The Tonight Present” host mentioned, “I received some severe burns from a gasoline fireplace. I’m okay. Simply want per week or two to get again on my ft.”

However Dr. Grossman mentioned though the restoration time will probably be considerably longer, Leno is in good spirits. “He’s Jay Leno. He’s strolling round and he’s cracking jokes,” Grossman informed the information media. “He desires to be lively.” Grossman additionally mentioned Leno was passing out cookies to the youngsters within the burn unit. He’s anticipated to make a full restoration, the physician mentioned.

The comic had been scheduled to attend a Las Vegas monetary convention on Sunday however needed to cancel his look as a result of a “severe medical emergency.”