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Overview. A keloid scar is a thick raised scar. It can occur wherever you have a skin injury but usually forms on earlobes, shoulders, cheeks or the chest.
Wound care. For newer keloids, the first treatment option might be compression dressings made from stretchy fabric or other materials. · Corticosteroid cream.
A fluid that looks like pus also may come out of the pierced hole when there's an infection. Other skin problems. Piercing can lead to keloids. Keloids are ...
Keloids are raised areas caused by an overgrowth of scar tissue. Diseases spread through blood. If equipment used to create a tattoo has infected blood on it, ...
The risk of a keloid scar also is higher when a biopsy is done on the neck, back or chest. How you prepare. Most skin biopsy procedures don't require any ...
Participation eligibility · Subjects identified as having a keloid or a scar not appropriate for surgical excision. · Subjects who are positive for hepatitis B ...
Keloid treatment. Mole and skin growth removal. Pediatric skin surgery, in Minnesota. Scar revision. Hair transplant surgery. Eyebrow reconstruction. Hair ...
Find out more about this harmless, nonpitch skin condition that causes bumpy, rough skin on the upper arms, thighs or buttocks.
Have a history of keloid scars. Have had radiation therapy to the face. Have had laser resurfacing before. Are prone to cold sores or have had a recent ...
People with Black skin are at increased risk of other surgical side effects, such as pigmentary changes where the cut is, and keloid scars, which are raised ...
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