Keloid Scars! I have them! I hate them?!
Question: I'll start i got the keloid scar when i was 10 now 17, and i have tried steroid gels, i had surgery but that just make it come back bigger, i am currently in a course of steroid injections and it has gone down but looks really blood shot! Also it is at the bottom of my neck/top of my chest, and i am really embarassed of it so end up wearing scarves in August! I was just wondering if anybody else also has them and has any suggestions that helped theirs! x thanks for reading! x
Answers: I'll start i got the keloid scar when i was 10 now 17, and i have tried steroid gels, i had surgery but that just make it come back bigger, i am currently in a course of steroid injections and it has gone down but looks really blood shot! Also it is at the bottom of my neck/top of my chest, and i am really embarassed of it so end up wearing scarves in August! I was just wondering if anybody else also has them and has any suggestions that helped theirs! x thanks for reading! x
I myself had to deal with keloids after a surgery but the doctor had some radation treatments done after the surgery to keep from coming back only a small portion reappeared you may want to check witha tattoo artist they have a way of going into the skin and breaking up the keloid scar and the results are very good.There is one place in Plano Texas look up Renee' cosmetic make up artist she will help you with this and she will also have before and after photos...May everything work out well for you
Sorry I can't answer ur question but i would love to know what Keloids are?????
I've never had one, but did you ever try putting cover-up (like the kind for or face) on it? It will either completely cover it or make it drastically less noticeable.
Sorry yours are so bad. This is probably old news to you, but maybe you can find something here to help. Unfortunately, it looks like there is limited treatment for these.
Keloid Treatment
There are 3 noted treatments for keloid removal. Often, they are treated when health care professionals inject steroid to reduce characteristics such as redness of the skin, itching, and burning. Shrinking of the scar is hoped for in some cases. This is the non-surgical treatment.
However, the surgical removal of a keloid is used if there is no chance for a steroid treatment. The tissue of the scar will be cut out and the wound stitched with a single or multiple layers of stitches to close the wound. This is usually done as an outpatient procedure and can be performed under local anesthetics. You will be back to work within a day or two and the stitches are removed after a few days.
The last approach in removing a rasied scar is by using both or a mixture of surgical and steroid injections. First, a surgery or removal of the tissue is done with a couple of steroid injections and another set of steroid injections after three to four weeks. Radiation is also used to interfere with the collagen production. This approach is more effective. But, radiotherapy and steroid both have side effects, so you need to discuss this with your doctor. It is also effective to get a second opinion before proceeding with this treatment.
Whatever approach you take, keloids have a stubborn habit of recurring, and to make it worse, become larger than before. The most used and offered removal is by steroid injection, direct application of steroids during surgery, or by radiation therapy. Sometimes, you may be asked to wear a pressure garment within the area as long as a year. Even with these precautions, this type of scar may reappear, requiring a repetition of procedures after every few years