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This study examines associations between early serotonergic antidepressant exposure and physiological complications following facial burn injury. Adult patients with second- or third-degree facial burns (2010-2025) were identified in the TriNetX US Collaborative Network. Those prescribed antidepressants within one month of injury were compared to controls without antidepressant use. Propensity score\u2013matching was performed based on demographics, burn characteristics, and psychiatric as well as medical comorbidities. Outcomes assessed at 90\u00a0days, 180\u00a0days, and 1\u00a0year included skin infection, hypertrophic scarring, lactic acidosis, hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and mortality. Univariate regression analyses were used to compare each outcome, with significance defined as P &amp;lt; .05. Of 46\u2009971 facial burn patients identified, 3392 remained in each group after matching. Patients in the matched antidepressant group had significantly higher rates of hypertrophic scarring and skin infection at all time points compared to those in the matched control group (P &amp;lt; .01). Additionally, lactic acidosis and hyperglycemia became elevated beginning at 180\u00a0days (P &amp;lt; .05) among patients who were prescribed antidepressants. Mortality, however, was consistently lower in the matched antidepressant group at all time intervals (P &amp;lt; .05). 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