Imiquimod and keloids
Common Questions and Answers about Imiquimod and keloids
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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.
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Prevention is key, but therapeutic treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids includes occlusive dressings, compression therapy, intralesional corticosteroid injections, cryosurgery, excision, radiation therapy, laser therapy, interferon therapy, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), doxorubicin, bleomycin, verapamil, retinoic acid, imiquimod 5% cream, tamoxifen, tacrolimus, botulinum toxin, and other promising therapies such as transforming growth factor (TGF)–beta3, and recombinant human (rh) interleukin
The surgeon pulled my chin up, and made a few stiches around the ear. I have developed 1 inch keloids around both ears and now have to use my hair to try to cover them. The doctor has given me 2 steroid shots, but nothing much has happened. I'm sick about this as my hair is thin & they are very noticeable. HELP! What can I do????
Hi, I have seen comments about the correlation of isotretinoin (accutane) and keloids. I'm prone to develop keloids on the chest, shoulder and back. Is there a chance to develop more keloids during and after the course of taking isotretinoin?
Please advise.
I have to keep on moiturising every 2 to 3 hours and that becomes painful. Scarring on both of my hands, chect, face and neck. Neck and hands have alot of keloids which is erstricting my movement. Please help with home remedies to eliminate this. am also getting an electric shock like felling accompanied by a painful burning sensation on my neck mostly. Please help as i cannot handle this pain anymore.
It is known that an overactive immune system can trigger a site of psoriasis, and imiquimod invokes an immune response to have cytotoxins destroy skin cells.
So now.... retinoid treatments are not helping, and the only other main treatment for psoriasis are corticosteroids which if I'm not mistaken are immunosuppressants lol..... are they not? If I start using those then HPV will form new warts.... on the other hand, it would be a neat experiment....
potassium iodide (SSKI). SSKI must be rubbed into the keloid at
least twice daily (more applications offer even better results) for several
months to more than a year, depending on the severity of the keloid. Be
patient, because progress often isn’t obvious for two to three months.
Despite the somewhat lengthy treatment period, persistence pays off.
Eventually, SSKI will diminish a keloid scar until it’s “just an ordinary scar,”
flat to the skin surface again.
I went too quickly from a smaller to a bigger size, and now I have these really ugly keloids on my ears where I guaged them. I am hoping there is something that I can do at home to reduce their size or get rid of them. They are somewhat painful but not if I am leaving them alone. I want to gauge my ears again and I think if I make the holes bigger, the keloids will stretch out and not appear visible. Do you have any suggestions for me?
A couple of weeks ago I had cortisone injections into those keloids, and now I am curious whether the cortisone would affect the results of the test? Since cortisone is an immunosuppressive, would it eliminate HIV antibodies in my blood from the keloids so that the test wouldn't be able to detect any?
re all flat and some slightly raised maybe. A year ago I bought dermatend which gave me keloids and my moles just ended up growing back anyway accept for the ones that were really bad keloids,. 3 Months ago I bought blemish-free, it got rid of my moles but left me with 2nd degree pink pigmented freezer burns that have barely faded in 3 months, I'm now treating my burn scars and keloid scars with mederma. My question for you is should I go to a laser surgeon for this?
I got injections for many years and , 2 keloids on back and 1 in arm are flat but 1 keloid in upper arms near shoulders stopped growing for a few years but it rebound after i moved from Canada to Asia. I guess the humidity and i need to move the shoulder and arms often are the causes. The injections back to Asia was very painful and one time can't stop crying for a few hours even after the injection but it doesn't work at all ! it grows very quickly.
I have 2 keloids on my chest and 3 on my back. I had the steroid injections once a month for 6 months. Initialy the results where good but after about 8 months they started to grow again.
I have tried many different treatments and "remedies" 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...
Hi,
Keloids are an aggressive wound healing process of the body. It is not normal and is known to follow the Koebner phenomenon, according to which lesions like this tend to occur more at sites of repair. Hence and area which has faced some trauma actually is a possible site for keloids.
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.
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