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What is Keloid? Diagnosis | Cause | Treatment | Homeopathic Medicine

Keloid is a vascular hypertrophic scar. It is actually a form of soft fibroma, prone to recurrence, and is different from a usual hypertrophic scar. 

Diagnostic point :
  • Scar raised above the surface and widened.
  • Claw like processes spreading out from the margins.
  • Red or pink coloured.
  • A symptom of intense itching.
  • Firm inconsistency.
  • Margin may be tender in a growing keloid. 
Predisposing causes :
  • Site of scar: Example - Vertical scar in neck and ear.
  • Nature: Vaccination scar and burns are prone to keloid formation. 
  • Race: Negroes are common sufferers. 
  • Common in T.B. patients.
  • Pregnant state: Sometimes keloid formation is common after operation or wounds occurring during pregnancy.  
Treatment :
  • Preoperative deep therapy is followed by excision of the keloid and skin grafting, if skin edges can't be brought together without tension. 
  • Postoperative deep X-ray should be started, when the skin graft has taken. 
  • All these measures are important to prevent recurrence. 
  • Intradermal cortisone by injection or by a special spray also helps considerably in preventing a recurrence. 
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