aldara and keloid

Hey, I have freeze burns on my arm from treating moles with blemish free, It got rid of the moles but my skin has had three big red blotches for two months now since the blisters peeled away. I also have a fairly bad keloid from abraiding my moles and applying a bloodroot product called dermatend.

and found that a simple block of ice, once a day, directly on the keloid not only took away the itching and redness, but also reduced its size. Have been "icing" the keloid for about 3 weeks now and so far so good...

Hello, Keloid is a firm, rubbery lesions pink to flesh-coloured in colour. A keloid scar is benign, non-contagious and sometimes accompanied by severe itchiness and pain. Cryosurgery is an excellent technique for keloids and is often combined with monthly cortisone injections. The side effect of this therapy is that it causes skin blanching. I suggest you to get it evaluated from your cosmetologist and discuss it in detail with him.

ve talked with the plastic surgeon and he says if he does it then she must get radiation treatments immediately following the surgery to keep the scar from becoming upraised again (keloid). Then we talked with the Radiologist and he said that the treatments usually work, and she'd need about 3 of them. He did say, though, that there's a small risk, maybe 1 to 5% chance of her getting skin cancer in that area 20, 30 or 40 years down the line.

The doctor called it vulvar dysplasia, and he prescribed aldara cream 3 times a week because he said that since there are so many a laser would be very painful and that we should try to remove some with aldara first. I have a few questions about using aldara. 1) is it harmful to shave on off days from using aldara? 2) Can shaving make the warts worse? 3) Is sex okay when the cream is not on the skin? Thank you!

Hello,well I am 24yrs old and recently had a c-section,but before that I had a c-section on 21st july 2007 and delivered a daughter who is 4yrs old now,after few months a keloid started forming on the cut and it was painful than I had appendix operation on 11 feb 2010 and even on that cut a keloid was formed and recently on 24th feb 2011 I had another c-section and delivered a baby boy and this time I had an injection in the spinal cord which made me half unconcious and they took out the keloid

Hi, Keloids usually occur on the upper chest and shoulders - particularly over the breastbone (sternum) - and on the earlobes. In dark skin individuals they very often occur in the beard area and on the scalp. Injections of a steroid (triamcinolone) are up to date the most successful treatment. After 4-6 sessions keloids usually become flat and the same colour as the surrounding skin. Keep me informed if you have any queries. Bye.

So I have one keloid on each knee from injuries. Not super crazy injuries. One is from my knee getting visciously scratched against a tree. It was a pretty deep cut and the other I don't remember what from. I've also had injuries to the caliber to that of the tree injury, but didn't form keloids. I also have had one ear pierced for 4 years, but didn't form a keloid and the other has been pierced for 6 months and hasn't formed a keloid either.

So I have one keloid on each knee from injuries. Not super crazy injuries. One is from my knee getting visciously scratched against a tree. It was a pretty deep cut and the other I don't remember what from. I've also had injuries to the caliber to that of the tree injury, but didn't form keloids. I also have had one ear pierced for 4 years, but didn't form a keloid and the other has been pierced for 6 months and hasn't formed a keloid either.

m thinking about going to the dermatologist to ask about cyrotherapy or steroid injections. When I first got my keloid and asked my doctor about getting it removed he said there's nothing he could do. But I can't live with it anymore. Is cyrotherapy and steroid shots safe? And is there a chance my keloid could growing back? Or is there another method to have it removed? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hello, I have had a keloid on my left shoulder for at least 5 years or so, or at least I was told it was a keloid by a dermatologist. It was always quite small, somewhat waxy, and red. It has never really bothered me; however, a couple of days ago my keloid has undergone some changes. I went running in the cold weather and when I returned I noticed my keloid was tender to the touch.

Yes, I'm not saying that Aldara acts on HPV itself. It is indeed the body's own immune system that gets rid of HPV-infected cells, however since the virus is not systemic and lays on the outskirts of your skin, it is hard for the immune cells to detect it and excrete cytotoxins that destroy compromised cells. That's why Aldara is marketed as "killing HPV from the inside out".

I've had keloid treatments of various kinds. I have multiple scars. The most effective treatment for me was cryotherapy with steroid injections. Steroid injections alone were not as powerful for me and even agitated one of them. I've also had radiation therapy with no impact at all. Please be very cautious about anyone wanting to remove the scar and then try treatment. Find out if the proposed treatment works first for your particular keloid condition before removal....

s activity is, at least in part, correlated with the reaction that it generates. If you have been using Aldara for 4 weeks with no effect and little local reaction, it is time to try something else such as freezing with liquid nitrogen. In answer to your specific questions however: 1. No, the location has little to do with response. Warts that have appeared more recently tend to respond better.

Hello, Keloid is a firm, rubbery lesions pink to flesh-coloured in colour. A keloid scar is benign, non-contagious and sometimes accompanied by severe itchiness and pain. Cryosurgery is an excellent technique for keloids and is often combined with monthly cortisone injections. The side effect of this therapy is that it causes skin blanching. Topical steroids are not very helpful. I suggest you to get it evaluated from your cosmetologist and discuss it in detail with him.

I just found out I had HPV yesterday and had my warts frozen and was given aldara to use in two days time. My question was, when would it be ok to masturbate again, and when would it be ok to have sex again?

It is usually possible for a dermatologist to differentiate a keloid and an hypertrophic scar which heals much more easily. Therapy includes steroid injection, some dressings and creams and cryotherapy. Surgery may also be an option in some cases. Since they occur at sites of trauma and any treatment may cause some trauma, there is a theoritical chance of getting a keloid at a treatment site. It is not known to be hereditary.. Hope this helped.

I am concerned because I’m wanting to get my nose pierced and I fear keloid formation if this is what it happens to be. Does this sound like keloid scarring or hypertrophic scarring? I have no family history of keloids and have never had one myself and I have quite a few normal scars. Any advice would be appreciated!

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I had a keloid scar on my nose betwen eyes seem like everytime i looked on the mirror all i see is this keloid first, sooo annoying the keloid is about half inch wide it was really red and stubborn big fat keloid ,so i apply silicon gel ,mederma during the day and aspirin paste before i went to bed .

Dear Doctor, I'm 22 and I have Keloids all over my back and chest. I don't know what I ate or did, but they just seemed to form over night. A doctor removed one for testing and told me that though the keloids are benigned, he doesn't know exactly how to treat them. Even worse, another keloid grew in place of the removed one and is much harder and larger. As a result of the surgery, I've lost sensation in the area around the new growth.

Many people who get keloids from ear/nose piercings use tea tree oil to shrink them and eventually they fall off or fade away. I was wondering if tea tree oil can be used on keloid scars NOT growing outward from the skin, as in keloid scars on your shoulders and back. They are more flat and less ball-like compared to piercing keloids that can easily fall off. Would it shrink? Would it make it worse and grow?

I have had a keloid on my ear for about 3 years or so and inside the keloid is a piece of my earring that got sucked into the hole where the ear was pierced. How should I go about getting the keloid removed for good so it doesn't reappeared?

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