Keloid Cure
Keloids are also known as keloid scars. They are defined by their tendency to grow outside the wound boundaries and to often keep growing well after the wound has healed. There is not a 100 percent cure for keloids, but there are several ways to treat and prevent them. The development of keloids usually occurs after a scar or irritation, but they can also develop because of acne.
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Facts
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Keloids may occur when a scar is in its healing process, and the excess scar tissue will continue to grow over the healed skin. Certain skin injuries can cause keloids, such as acne, burns, chickenpox, scratches, body piercing, traumatic wounds, surgical cuts or vaccinations. There are methods to help prevent or reduce the overall appearance of keloids. Certain vitamins and oils, massage therapy and surgery are all ways to reduce inflammation, swelling, tenderness and growth.
Prevention
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To help prevent keloid scars or the continued growth, you should not pick, rub or irritate the scar in any way. Avoid cosmetic surgery that involves cutting or irritating the skin as well as body piercing. Massaging large keloid scars may be beneficial, as massage may help to loosen up the scar tissue. There is not a prevention method that will eliminate the possibility of developing keloids. If your skin is prone to developing keloids, they may develop any time your skin is irritated.
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Surgery
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If you choose surgery for your keloids, you should discuss with your doctor the use of Triamcinolone acetonide, which is a steroid that may help to reduce the chance of the continued growth of the scar after surgery. Laser surgery can flatten keloids, but it is a very expensive treatment and it is not guaranteed to totally reduce the appearance of keloids. Even if surgery eliminates your existing keloids, you can still develop others.
Most-Common Treatments
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You can use certain vitamins, such as vitamin E, to help prevent keloid scars by restoring the scar tissue and collagen tissues. Use vitamin E twice a day to soften the scar tissues that form keloids. Mederma also works well to help the texture, color, tenderness, look and feel of keloids. It is made from allantoin and the botanical abstracts of onions, and it comes in a gel form. Use this treatment twice a day.
Early Treatment
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It is typically better to treat keloids in the early development stages, because when the scar continues to grow, it becomes increasingly difficult to treat. Calendula is a gel that you can use twice a day during the early development stages to reduce inflammation and increase the speed of the healing process. Lavender oil contains skin-cell rejuvenation properties that will help to stop the growth of scar tissues. Thiosinaminum 5c can be used within the first three months to reduce inflammation, scaring and swelling.
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