This can be especially difficult for patients who have scars on the face, ear, arm, or another visible area. These patients can get caught up in a cycle of surgery-regrowth-surgery if their provider does not intervene. If there is a lot of tension on a healing wound, the healing area is rather thicker than usual. […]
This reflects the fact that if the patient continues to use the tape just because the scar is still red, capillarectasia will occur. This is because the steroid treatment thins the supporting structure of the blood vessels. A patient with severe abdominal keloids was effectively treated by radiation monotherapy. A 68-year-old female was treated with […]
Both patients completed the 8 weeks of topical therapy and the final 24-week assessment. At 24 weeks, the recurrence rate of excised keloids treated with postoperative imiquimod 5% cream was lower than recurrence rates previously reported in the literature. Luckily, the treatments that are available can improve the way the keloids look, even if they […]
Keloids are less likely to return if surgical removal is combined with other treatments. This surgical procedure can be done to reduce the size of larger keloid scars before commencing regular steroid treatment. The scar tissue is removed from within the keloid boundaries, without harming normal surrounding skin to avoid producing further scaring. This can […]
They usually occur during the healing of a deep skin wound. Hypertrophic scars and keloids are both included in the spectrum of fibroproliferative disorders. These abnormal scars result from the loss of the control mechanisms that normally regulate the fine balance of tissue repair and regeneration. A pressure range under 40 mmHg may be effective […]
Half of people with keloids will have other members of the family who have also developed keloids. In distinction from hypertrophic scar, keloids extend beyond the borders of the original wound invading normal skin. The patient has multiple large keloid scars on the anterior abdominal wall, after intra-abdominal surgery. A normally healing wound produces minimal […]