Keloid Scar bothering you?| Plastic Surgery to Remove Keloid scar – Dr. Srikanth V | Doctors’ Circle

Dr. Srikanth V | Appointment booking no: 080 2552 0035, 94835 06268
Consultant Plastic & Cosmetic Surgeon | Clinique Belle Koramangala, Bangalore
It is difficult to treat Keloid. Keloid is basically abnormal scar formation. Some people skin is prone to it and still in the process of understanding how Keloid is formed. So the first treatment for would be a non surgical approach , that would include using ointments massages compressions garments, compression tools it reduce the Keloid scars. A lot of people do respond to it. If the non surgical does not work, then we dominantly invasive procedure which will be a steroid injection in the area, which is extremely slow process because you have to take steroid injection for 4 to 6 months and this will help to reduce the size of Keloid scars and some people it will help to reduce the symptoms of Keloid scars. However this may fail. In some people it might not respond or it might partially responds. In such cases we might need surgery might be of two types, one is to reduce the size of the Keloid, leaving behind small amounts of Keloid and this is treated with injection of steroid after the surgery is done that is known as intralesional excision. In some people we may have to remove the entire scar and may have to resurface the area with skin graft. In a person who has keoidal tendency we have to incirposoaret radiotherapy. The radiotherapy is given immediately after surgery from post op day 1 to day 5. Almost 15 centigrams of radiation is given, this is done to reduce the severity or the formation of Keloid. These are the few indication and the treatment methods of Keloid. We are not sure which one will suit you best or which stage you are meeting the surgeon, you may have met the surgeon after trying the non surgical methods and have tried injections or tried surgery. So depending on what stage the surgeon will tell you what is the appropriate treatment, whether to go for medical treatment or for medically invasive injections or to go for surgery or skin grafting and surgery plus radiotherapy, that all can be decided once you meet your surgeon.
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