Please share an interesting fact about dealing with keloids.

Ignore: Have the keloid covered with compressive tape with vitamin E ointment or silicone.

Radiation: Radiation can be used to destroy keloids.

Common: Common areas of keloid formation are ears, neck, jaw, shoulders, chest and upper back.

Ignore: Often keloids require steroid injection and/or removal. Consult with a plastic surgeon or derm.

Ignore: Keloids can be very difficult to treat. A new product called embrace may provide hope.

Ignore: Injectable steroids can help.

Ignore: Steroid injections to shrink, surgery is last resort. Compression, silicone, radiation if severe.

Ignore: Keloids continue to grow and usually symptomatic with burning/itching. Hypertrophic scars are stable.

Ignore: Be very careful about getting scare because once you have a keloid you are likely to heal in keloids.

Ignore: Best treatment for keloids is injury prevention, but steroid injections / silicone sheeting can help.

Ignore: Keloid scars continue to grow whereas typical scars commonly stabilize by 2 years.

Ignore: There are many treatments available including the new cryoinsufflation which destroys keloids.

Ignore: Radiation may be a useful adjunct to treatment.

Ignore: Pressure stops keloid growth.

Ignore: Keloids can decrease in size with regular injections of a dilute injectible steroid and 5-FU.

Ignore: Pressure ear rings for ears along with steroid injection excision then radiation treatment.

Ignore: Keloid excision accompanied by corticosteroid injections increases keloid removal success rate.