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How is a keliod treated?
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Keloid: There is no really good therapy for a keloid and certainly no treatment which makes them disappear. A common treatment is the use of injections of corticosteroids into the keloid which an make them shrink to some extent and to be less symptomatic. Lasers are sometimes used but are by no means a miracle treatment. Otc products such as Mederma are pretty useless.
Answered 9/22/2016
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