what is best treatment available for keloids?
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Treatments\n\nIt must be noted that there is NO known cure for keloids that will totally cure the problem. There are a few companies that are working towards a more effective treatment, focusing on aspects such as Transforming Growth Factor inhibition.\n\nSome of the treatment that are currently available are described below. These treatments have varying degrees of effectiveness. Usually, any inteference to a keloid can lead to it recurring and becoming bigger than it previously was.\n\n    * Surgery — Surgery requires great care during and after the operation. Keloids that return after being excised may be larger than the original. There is a 45% chance of recurrence after surgical removal. However, keloids are less likely to return if surgical removal is combined with other treatments. Surgical or laser excision may be followed by intralesional injections of a corticosteroid. Plastic closure of the skin including techniques such as v-plasty or w-plasty to reduce skin tension are known to reduce recurrence of keloids following excision.\n\n    * Dressings — Moistened wound coverings made of silicone gel (such as Dermatix) or silastic have been shown in studies to reduce keloid prominence over time. This treatment is safe and painless.\n\n    * Steroid injections — Steroid injections are best used as the scar begins to thicken or if the person is a known keloid former. A series of injections with triamcinolone acetonide or another corticosteroid may reduce keloid size and irritation. However injections are often uncomfortable and in large and/or hard scars can be difficult to inject requiring local anesthetic for people over 16, and full anesthetic for people under. The treatment area can become very painful as the anesthetic wears off.\n\n    * Compression — Compression bandages applied to the site over several months, sometimes for as long as six to twelve months, may lead to a reduction in the size of the keloid. This is the best treatment at preventing new scars.\n\n    * Cryosurgery — 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. It freezes the skin and causes sludging of the circulation beneath, effectively creating an area of localized frostbite. There is a slough of skin and keloid with re-epithelization .\n\n    * Radiation therapy — Electron beam radiation can be used at levels which do not penetrate the body deeply enough to affect internal organs. Orthovoltage radiation is more penetrating and slightly more effective. Radiation treatments may reduce scar formation if they are used soon after a surgery while the surgical wound is healing. This is one of the more costly procedures.\n\n    * Laser therapy — 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. The use of dye-tuned lasers has not shown better results than cold lasers.\n\n    * Newer treatments — Drugs which are used to treat autoimmune diseases or cancer have shown promise. These include alpha-interferon, 5-fluorouracil and bleomycin. However, there is a need for further study and evaluation of this treatment technique.\n\n    * Natural treatments (in case of piercings)- Take a warm rag and hold it up against the keloid for about 5 minutes. This can also be done with a warm tea bag. Tea tree oil is also effective but is not recommended because it is an oil and oil can allow bacteria to stick to it.\n\n[edit] Case presentation
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Blue star ointment . \nBleach works too .
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Witch hazel and cortizone are the two most effective treatments. Surgery may sometimes be necessary in extreme cases. There is no CURE as they are just lesions which can be caused by many different things.
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a keyloid is a scar that has gone wild... it is usually caused by a bad wound on your body... I had one on my ear from a piercing and I have known other people to get them after they have had an surgery. mine looks like a peanut hanging off my ear but the ones on the skin look like raise skin. NO it is not cancerous and can be treated if you see a doctor with injections or removal all together
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you can talk to your doctor about trying some strong local steroid applications versus steroid injections in the area, any surgical treatment could make the scar worse, good luck
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I just went though a new procedure to remove a keloid on my chest (which I had and hated for 7 years).\n\nTHe process is relatively new and has to be done by a plastic surgeon. They remove the keloid sugically. To prevent the high percent chance of it coming back, the put in synthetic skin called "Integra" and then over that do a skin graft (in my case from my leg).\n\nSince the chest is a particularly active area, they will have you wear a medipack(vacum device) for 7-10 days until everything takes.\n\nOverall I'm glad I did it although it wasn't without some real discomfort.\n\nIt will take months before my chest skin graft is faded.\n\nTalk to some plastic surgeons.\n\n(by the way mine was covered by insurance :))
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A keloid is nothing more than an extra large scar.  Keloids tend to occur mainly in people of African heritage.  They are not dangerous and are mainly a cosmetic problem. A good plastic surgeon can excise them with good cosmetic effect.  However, once a person is known to develop keloids there is a risk that they will develop other keloids at the site of any skin scar, including a surgical incision.  Careful repiercing by a medical professional may avoid regrowth of other keloids.
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Conservative:\n1.By giving intrakeloidal injection of steroids.-Best\n\n2.By giving intrakeloidal injection of Vitamin A- better result \n3.Intrakeloidal injection of Methotrexate - with some success. \n4.Deep X- ray therapy- only with some success.\n5.Intrakeloidal injection of Hyaluronidase - may be tried.\nSurgery:\n1. Excision and re suturing  but recurs.\n2.Shaving away the excess scar tissue  and then resurfacing the area by the skin graft.-not with good results.
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What is your race...that is a good thing to know.  Those from the Mediterranean countries and those from the black race seem to get these more often.  Keloids are an aggressive form of scar formation when the body gets 'injured' (pierced, in your case).  Removing them causes more scar tissue, thus bigger keloids.  You may go from a pea sized to a cabbage sized.  (Not likely, but you get the picture).\nRemover them yourself?  I hope that you do not entertain that thought becuase of the trouble that you may get yourself into...I am sorry to say, but you need a plastics guy to get you the most cosmetic appealing removal, and they will tell you that there is no guarantee.\nNo more piercings for you.  You will only propigate more keloids.
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Kerasal works like a charm.  You can get it at most drug stores and it isn't incredibly expensive.  I put it on at night and then put socks on over it.  I also use a pumice stone every other day on my heels because I build callouses quickly.  It seems to help a lot.  \n\nOne other strange suggestion is to go to Walmart (or Target, Walgreens, etc.) and get the breastfeeding cream called Lanisoh.  It is used for chapped nipples and is made of pure lanolin.  It's very mild but works miracles on extremely chapped hands and feet.  Use at night under socks.  It has no smell and is pretty inexpensive.  I discovered this by accident and am a true believer.  I recommended it to a mechanic friend of mine and he swears by it now too.
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Go get a consultation with a dermatologist. In extreme cases medication can be prescribed that can have dramatic results. Many times topical creams and cleansers are enough to remedy the problem.
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I recommend Cryosurgery as it worked for me!   \n\n"Treatments that may be prescribed by a medical professional include:\n\nImiquimod, a topical cream that helps the body's immune system fight the wart virus by encouraging interferon production \n\nCandida injections at the site of the wart, which also stimulate the body's immune system\n \nCryosurgery, which involves freezing the wart, after which the wart and surrounding dead skin falls off by itself. \n\nCryosurgery followed by surgically removing the infected spot. \n\nTreatment with chemical compounds, containing salicylic acid, blistering agents, immune system modifiers, or Formaldehyde \n\nLaser treatment \n\nNone of these treatments are very effective on single uses; the wart often returns after the skin has healed from the treatment, but repeated treatment should get rid of the wart permanently. As they disappear after a few months and maximally a few years, treatment is necessary only if the lesions are painful or are a cosmetic problem."
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Try Neosporin. If you treat it quickly I've found that it wont scar as bad. If it does leave a scar, use cocoa butter on a daily basis, which should lighten it up
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I have the same thing. I found that scar gel is very helpful. You can find it any pharmacy. Apply it for 2 months (or follow the instructions). They shoud disappear in time.
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Keliods and hyoertropic scarring is a scar combination build up of both skin cells and connective tissue that build up and scab over the wound.  these are known as fibroblasts. With keloid scarring, the fibroblasts keep growing, hence you get red, raised, often tender scarring.  This is due to an over abundance of collagen in th scar itself. \n There may even be a genetic connection.  This is common especially in dark toned people, and dark haired people, but can happen to anyone.\n  The prevention of keloids can  be as simple as don't gain the scar, but that isn't what your after. Treatments for keloids range from  laser surgugical removal, compression bandaging,  steroidal use, and silicone patches that could be cut into little circles with a pierced middle to where with your earrings. Some suggest that treatments such as vitamin and herbal immune sustaining suppliments such as vitamin E, evening primrose oil caps, a good b-complex and of course, vitamin C.  Hydrating yourself with water and juice will also promote healthy tissue. Massage to bring about good blood flow is also an option. \n There is a new topical homeopathic ointment called ELICINA® is a unique skin regenerating substance proven effective for the treatment of all types of scars. It stops itching, softens and helps to remove keloid scars and reduce pitted or ice pick scars. It also prevents scarring and acts as a natural remedy for acne.\n\n \n\nElicina is not a man made drug, pharmaceutical or medicine. It is gathered from the secretions left on his paths by the Chilean snail Helix Aspersa Müller. The very same he uses to quickly regenerate his own shell and skin when damaged. After years of proven effects, scientific validation and the invention of a patented process to make it into a topical cream, now presented as a natural remedy for acne and scars. \n\nThe secret of Elicina® lies in it's seven natural bio-available ingredients. They are: Natural Antibiotics, Glycolic Acid. Allantoin and Peptides (amino-acid chains that are parts of proteins and trigger skin cell reproduction and replacement of damaged cells), Collagen, Elastin, and Vitamins. All in a natural form, and combined in one unique and balanced substance by nature's wisdom itself.\nCheck out my source info and really do some research onine.  happy piercing
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I don't know about the "rubra" part, but I have pilaris keratosis.  I loathe the condition, but countless dermatologists say it's hereditary, and there's no sure fire cure.  However, you can lessen its bumpy appearance by using a gentle exfoliant and a moisturizer loaded w/lactic acid...try Lac-hydrin or Derm-A-Doctor's KP Duty.  The former can be found at Costco (and once I found it at Wal-Mart).  The latter can be found at Sephora and Nordstrom.
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Since keloids are a build-up of scar material, try some Maderma cream. It may not take it all away, but it should minimize the looks of it.