22 January, 2023
Keloids: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Keloids refer to scar tissues that overgrow and become much larger than the original wound. They usually form at the area of skin injury. Although it is common for a scar to become slightly thick and raised, keloids tend to spread beyond the original area of skin damage and may become permanent. They tend to form where surgery, trauma, acne, vaccinations, blisters, or body piercings have injured the skin. Sometimes, keloids can even develop spontaneously without any obvious trauma to the skin. Apart from being cosmetically disfiguring, development of keloids may also cause itchiness and pain. Keloids form most often on the back, chest, earlobes, jawline and shoulders. They rarely develop on the face.