Sometimes Keloid develops without any apparent skin injury.
How does a doctor diagnose a Keloid scar?
Occasionally a Keloid scar can mimic other skin tumours.
But their use for Keloid scars has not really been proven:.
Smooth various scars: burn scars, acne scars,
surgical scars and Keloid, etc.
This refers to the way the Keloid grows sideways into the normal skin.
Studies of African people
have shown that 6-16 out of a hundred develop Keloids.
Half of people having Keloids will have other family members also developing Keloids.
Once they stop growing most Keloid scars remain the same size or get smaller.
Sometimes Keloid develops without any apparent skin injury, although
most people can identify a cause.
Keloids must never be cut out by a GP
or by anyone who isn't medically qualified.
Keloid is an overgrowth scar tissue that develops
around a wound usually after a wound has healed.
Half of people with Keloids will have other members of the family
who have also developed Keloids.
Aloe vera is very good for the skin and can be used in the treatment of Keloids.
Keloid scars aren't exactly dangerous,
but you might not like the way they look, and they could be itchy.
Keloid is an overgrowth of the scar tissue that develops around a wound,
usually after the wound has healed.
Keloids are an overgrowth of scar tissue that develops
around skin tissue that has been damaged, or a wound.
The cause of Keloids are not known,
but they are more prevalent in people who have darker skin color.
A Keloid is a raised overgrowth of scar tissue
that develops around a wound, usually after the wound has healed.
Dermatophytes were the most common infection, Keloids the most common benign tumor, and pemphigus the most common autoimmune disease.
A Keloid is an overgrowth of a scar tissue that forms
the surrounding area of a wound, typically after the wound has healed.
Very rarely, a skin
tumour like a dermatofibroma or a soft tissue sarcoma can be mistaken for a Keloid scar, or vice versa.
Steer clear too of unnecessary procedures
such as cosmetic surgery, especially in those areas of the body where Keloid is prone to develop.
Even then, most doctors will be very guarded in what they promise:
how well a Keloid scar responds to treatment can be unpredictable;
When we mention Keloid scars, we are talking about those wounds we have
that haven't scared as we would have liked them to.
Keloid is a medical condition where there is
an overgrowth of scar tissue that develops around a wound, usually after the wound has healed.
This image shows a Keloid around a Caribbean woman's ear that came back after surgery(a and b),
followed by repeat surgery(c) and then repeated steroid injections(d):.
The risk is
greatest is patients known to produce Keloids, who have been treated with radiotherapy in the area
or have had a recent course of Roaccutane.
The risk is greatest in patients known to produce Keloids, who have been treated with radiotherapy in the area
or have had a recent course of Roaccutane.
The risk is
greatest in patients who are known to produce Keloids, who have been treated with radiotherapy in the area
or have had a recent course of Roaccutane.