This study aims to explore how burn survivors adapt to identity changes related to their body image. Semi-directed interviews have been carried out with 10 adults (from 27 to 65 y.o.) with severe burns, after their rehabilitation. The participants are 7 men and 3 women, most of whom are married and employed. We note that 9% to 83% of the body surface is affected and that the main cause is attributable to flames. The analysis reveals the existence of a complex process animated by a kind of staging around physical appearance and differentiation where strategies of camouflage, exposure and concealment of the scars are intertwined, generating meaning in relation to their bodies as well as in relation to others vis-à-vis their attitudes. These results reveal also the key role played by some factors such as internal resources of resilience and significant relatives, the way others look at them during the rehabilitation process and on their return to community. The results raise questions related to long term follow up practices and the importance of increasing psychosocial interventions with significant relatives.