Before & After removing Keloid tumor

[u/blackfridaydude]

[u/blackfridaydude]

He had a motorcycle accident 15 years ago which left him with a mass of scar tissue, creating a keloid tumor that grew heavier every day.

[u/epsilon-4142 → u/blackfridaydude]

Damn I didn’t know injuries could do that. I thought it was a weird cancer

[u/just_a_foolosopher → u/epsilon-4142]

Yes, keloids are scary. They're tumors that are basically scars grown out of control. Black people tend to have a higher risk genetically but anyone can get one

[u/Excellent-Quarter969 → u/just_a_foolosopher]

Yeah, black snd E asian folks are far more prone to get them than white people

[u/graveybrains → u/Excellent-Quarter969]

Depends on how white. Gingers are also high risk.

[u/Excellent-Quarter969 → u/graveybrains]

Really? I never heard that. I wonder why

[u/Clembert-Hamlamp → u/Excellent-Quarter969]

Easian becomes the accepted nomenclature pon a day

[u/Lamabana → u/just_a_foolosopher]

You can have radiotherapy on them often on the same day as surgery or very close to. For this case it would probably be fine to use superficial radiotherapy which is x-rays in the 80-180kV range, alternatively electrons. Can also do the same for heteropathic ossification (excess bone growth usually at joints) but due to the depth of treatment this would be in the mV range of energies.

[u/Whiterabbit-- → u/epsilon-4142]

I had surgery near my abdomen, the scar tissue would grow and block my intestines - requiring surgery to remove. In the surgery, you can create more scar tissue. Not fun.