3rd degree; involves the epidermis, papillary and reticular dermis and may extend to sebaceous tissue, muscle, or bone. tissue charred, paled, mottled, waxy, yellow/brown, or nonblanching red appearance. dry, leathery, firm to the touch. insensible to pain, pressure, or temp. can still be painful due to varying depths of burns. hair follicles, sweat glands, sebaceous glands, and epidermal elements destroyed and do not regenerate. blanching absent requires surgical debridement or excision and grafting or surgical closure. hypertrophic scarring will occur and at risk for contracture.