Did you know that Keloids do not discriminate based on gender - they are equally common among both men and women?

Did you know that a "Keliod," is a form of enlarged growth or scar at the site of a wound or cut which extends beyond the confines of the original wound?

Did you know that Keloids can differ in their size, location, as well as their shape, and are common on hands, forearms or ear lobes?

Did you know that an ear piercing, for example, may result in a keloid?

Did you know that on occasion, a keloid can happen spontaneously, particularly on a person's chest?

Did you know that Keloids have the potential to grow and should be treated by a dermatologist, who can remove them through pressure, cortisone injections, surgery, or laser treatments?

Did you know that a keloid can return, despite treatment?

Did you know that Keloids are the product of a wound or cut and are not contagious?

Did you know that Keloids are sometimes thought of as a scar that keeps on building and tend to rise abruptly above the rest of the person's skin?

Did you know that Keloids enlarge at a progressive rate and also tend to be irregular in shape and they are commonly smooth at the top and either purple or pink in color?

Did you know that keloid do not subside with time?

Did you know that once a person's skin is injured a healing process usually leaves them with a flat scar and with time this scar is thickened or, 'hypertrophic,' yet remains within the confines of the margin of the person's wound?

Did you know that these scars are commonly redder in color and subside, although the process may take even a year or more, and treating this kind of scar with cortisone injections can speed up the process of healing?

Did you know that a keloid, on the other hand, can begin at some point after the person's injury and extend past the site of the wound. The tendency to migrate into areas that surround the wound, areas that were not injured, distinguishes a keloid from a hypertrophic scar?

Did you know that a keloid usually appears after either an injury or surgery, although they may also appear on their own, or as the result of a slight inflammation such as acne - even if the person has not scratched or otherwise irritated their skin?



Did you know that the medical community does not understand the exact reasons why keloids form in some people or in some situations, while not in others?

Did you know that Keloids do not discriminate based on gender - they are equally common among both men and women?

Did you know that in the past, the practice of both earlobe and body piercing has found more women developing keloids?

Did you know that children and older people are less likely to develop a keloid, although they can develop in persons with all skin types and sometimes, keloids seem to run in families?


Did you know that there are a number of forms of treatment for keloids?

Did you know that Keloids can be reduced in size through Radiation, Laser treatments, Surgical removal, External pressure, Freezing (cryotherapy) and Corticosteroid injections?
 

Did you know that Cortisone injections are safe and fairly painless ways to remove Keloids?

 

Did you know that injections are safe and usually help flatten keloids?

 

Did you know that surgery is risky because cutting a keloid may trigger the formation of a similar, or even larger keloid?

Did you know that freezing keloids with liquid nitrogen might flatten them, but many times darkens the site of treatment?

 

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