r/interestingasfuck 8h ago

Before & After removing Keloid tumor

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u/betsylang 8h ago

His doctors did so good! Im so happy for him! Nie bc keloid can grow from trauma hes gonna have to be super vigilant to keep them from cominh bacj but holy cats!

u/harry476 4h ago

What do you do to keep them from coming back?

u/sk69rboi 2h ago

NAD but have had surgery requiring large incisions so I read a lot about scars, including keloids, leading up to my surgery. Keloids are formed when the body produces too much collagen over an injury. Anyone can form a keloid, but some people are more susceptible to it bc of genetics. Unfortunately people with darker skin are more likely to form them. There’s stuff they can do to try and prevent and minimize the growth, steroids and cryotherapy being common methods because they typically have good results, but afaik nothing is 100% guaranteed to be effective. I’d have to do some reading because I don’t remember the exact statistics but there’s a decent chance that, after a keloid is surgically removed, it’ll grow back, especially so if there’s no other treatment like the steroids and cryotherapy.