What is a keloid?
Keloids can be considered to be "scars that don't know when to stop." A keloid, sometimes referred to as a keloid scar, is a tough heaped-up scar that rises quite abruptly above the rest of the skin. It usually has a smooth top and a pink or purple color. Keloids are irregularly shaped and tend to enlarge progressively. Unlike scars, keloids do not subside over time.

What is the difference between a keloid and a hypertrophic scar?
After the skin is injured, the healing process usually leaves a flat scar. Sometimes the scar is hypertrophic, or thickened, but confined to the margin of the wound. Hypertrophic scars tend to be redder and may subside by themselves (a process which can take one year or more). Treatment such as injections of cortisone (steroids) can speed this process.

Keloids, by contrast, may start some time after the injury and extend beyond the wound site. This tendency to migrate into surrounding areas that weren't injured to begin with distinguishes keloids from hypertrophic scars. Keloids typically appear following surgery or injury, but they can also appear spontaneously or as a result of some slight inflammation, such as an acne pimple on the chest (even one that wasn't scratched or otherwise irritated). Other minor injuries that can trigger keloids are burns and piercings.

What is Treatments
Keloid treatment depends on the location and discomfort associated with the keloid. For virtually all kinds of keloids, the surgery is not recommended, the recurrence or aggravation are very often.

Try some of this:
1. Repeated cryotherapy;
2. Injection of a corticosteroid (caution in children or adolescents, may atrophy or striae
    peri-lesional);
3. Wear cotton and quality clothing, dressing;
4. Kneading massage for a few minutes a day;
5. Flexible plates maintained 24/24 by silicone adhesive;

In conclusion, it is important to be informed, as a patient, of the risk that represents a Keloidal Scar surgery. It is highly unpredictable, despite the technical quality of the surgical gesture.

There are some keloid home treatments that are known to make a difference. Salt water somethimes cures better than the mere physical serum. Salt water from the sea is a very good keloid remedy or Keloid treatment... Then comes a whole range of creams, antibiotics, antiseptics, etc ... who can work, but not for everyone ... For this, consult your doctor to clarify what you can actually use and will not affect you in other negative ways.

How to remove Keloid ...
Surgery for simple keloid tissue must be done with good handling. Skin closure should be done to prevent keloid recurrence. Cutting the skin can also be a way to reduce skin tension. Try to prevent all sources of infection post surgery (hair, foreign objects, and hematom infection). The surgery will be more effective when combined with external radiation, and injection.