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You will need to see a dermatologist to get this keloid properly treated...not something that you can do at home, unfortunately. There are several...
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When a patient responds by forming keloid scars, there is a greater than average chance that this will continue to occur. I assume that, as you...
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A keloid is a dense scar formed by the excessive growth of fibrous tissue following an injury to the skin.
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This is a type of scar that continues to grow beyond what is needed at the site of an injury. This type of scar is caused by too much collagen...
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Any time an incision is made in the skin there is a risk of scarring. Some people are more prone to keloids (overgrown collagen after wounds in the...
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Keloid scars do happen in some people more than others, and it typically is a genetic potential that makes you prone to that. What we use to treat...
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Generally the treatment of choice for keloids is injections of cortisone, and what the cortisone does is it helps eliminate some of that collagen...
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Doctors do not understand exactly why keloids form in certain people or situations and not in others. Changes in the cellular signals that control...
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After the skin is injured, the healing process usually leaves a flat scar. Sometimes the scar is hypertrophic, or thickened, but confined to the...
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The best way to deal with a keloid is not to get one. A person who has had a keloid should not undergo elective skin surgeries or procedures such as...
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Keloids can be considered to be "scars that don't know when to stop." A keloid, sometimes referred to as a keloid scar, is a tough heaped-up scar...
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The methods now available to treat keloids are:Cortisone injections (intralesional steroids): These are safe and not very painful. Injections are...
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Keloids are raised and look shiny and dome-shaped, ranging in color from pink to red. Some keloids become quite large and unsightly. Aside from...
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Keloids develop most often on the chest, back, shoulders, and earlobes. They rarely develop on the face, with the exception of the jawline.
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Keloids are equally common in women and men, although at least in times past more women developed them because of a greater degree of earlobe and...
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