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Please share a tip in the form of a haiku on dealing with keloids.

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Ignore: Many times keloids can be shrunk with steroid shots. See your surgeon for details.

Answered 5/29/2017

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Ignore: Keloids may grow big but their cause is hard to find and so is their cure.

Answered 10/7/2017

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Keloids can often be reduced by steroid injections.

Answered 7/16/2014

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Dr. Carmen Kavali answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Keloid Haiku: There is no known cure for the challenging keloid, only management.

Answered 1/18/2019

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Dr. Stephen Metzinger answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Ignore: Excision, Injection with Kenalog/5-FU, Laser, Repeat.

Answered 11/20/2014

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Ignore: Be aware of recurrence of keloids with some forms of treatment.

Answered 1/16/2015

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Be: Be careful. Having a keloid cut out could create...a larger keloid!

Answered 2/20/2016

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