Keloid/ Hypertrophic Scar
A keloid scar is a firm, smooth, hard growth that occurs as a result of excessive scar formation. Keloids occur after skin injury; rarely, keloids can occur spontaneously without any significant preceding skin injury.
They may develop on any part of the body and extend beyond the original wound margin, although the upper chest, shoulders, ears, and neck are especially prone to them.
They may develop on any part of the body and extend beyond the original wound margin, although the upper chest, shoulders, ears, and neck are especially prone to them.
Unlike keloid scars, hypertrophic scars are limited to the area of damaged skin. They are prone to occur when there is a lot of tension on a healing wound, the resultant scar is thicker than usual. Hypertrophic scars are more likely to regress and resolve compared to keloids as these tend to persist.
The best way to treat the Keloid & Hypertrophic Scar healing at Skkinsenz skin and hair clinic
- Moisturizing oils
- Polyurethane or silicone scar reduction patches
- Silicone gel
- Pressure dressings
- Surgical excision (but may result in a second keloid even larger than the original one)
- Intralesional corticosteroid injection, repeated every few weeks
- Cryotherapy
- Superficial X-ray treatment soon after surgery
- Pulsed dye laser