I am sure you are aware of Keloid treatment. If not, then Triamcinolone 10–20 mg per ml intralesional; cryotherapy; silicone gel sheet; compression dressing; superficial orthovoltage, radiation therapy; surgical excision with postoperative interferon or imiquimod will help.
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Some keloid scars will improve with pressure or intralesional injections of steroids such as triamcinolone. The best cure rates are achieved with a combination of surgery and postoperative interstitial radiotherapy. Discuss these options with your doctor when you happen to meet him next time.
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Surgical treatment is only met with recurrence. Some keloid scars will improve with pressure or intralesional injections of steroids such as triamcinolone. The best cure rates are achieved with a combination of surgery and post-operative interstitial radiotherapy.
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my husband is suffering with keloid for the past 10 years.it gets infected often and puss and blood ooz out. it is very painful too. what is the treatment for it?
Hypertrophic scars take the form of a red raised lump on the skin, but do not grow beyond the boundaries of the original wound, and they often improve in appearance after a few years. Keloid scars are a more serious form of scarring, because they can carry on growing indefinitely into a large, tumorous (although benign) growth.
A keloid is a firm to hard, irregularly shaped, thickened overgrowth with claw like projections. It may be asymptomatic or painful, tender and pruritic (itchy).
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
A series of injections with triamcinolone acetonide or another corticosteroid may reduce keloid size and irritation. Cryosurgery is an excellent treatment for keloids which are small and occur on lightly pigmented skin. It is often combined with monthly cortisone injections. The use of cryotherapy is limited since it causes skin blanching.
This is an alternative to conventional surgery for keloid removal. Lasers produce a superficial peel but often do not reduce the bulk of the keloid.
Asymptomatic epidermoid cysts do not need to be treated. Intralesional injection with triamcinolone may hasten the resolution of inflammation. Oral antibiotics may occasionally be used.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.
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.
I'm a male with mixed skin type.I have a keloid on the front of my earlobe from a piercing that got infected about 7 years ago. When I took the piercing out it stopped growing. It's small and red, but really embarrassing. I'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.
I have a small pimple sized keloid on the front of my earlobe. From a piercing that got infected about 7 years ago. It stop growing after I took the piercing out. I'm mixed skin type. Should I try cyrotherapy or steroid injection shots from a Dermatologist? I don't know what to do but I'm tired of this keloid scar and want it gone. Please help me and tell me what I should do.
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!
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 had a mole on the back of my neck and I had it removed some number of years ago. Sadly, it developed into a keloid. After failed steroid injections I decided to have it surgically excised, which also proved to no avail as the keloid grew back(no larger) to it's original form. The keloid is about an inch and a half long to about 3/4 inch wide.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated because it is an embarrassing thing to have obviously.
Thank you,
Matt M.
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