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A member asked:
Is it possible to remove a keloid with dr scholls freeze wart removal?
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No: Wart removers will not help with the treatment of keloids.
Answered 1/30/2013
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Not unless you want: An even bigger and nastier keloid! keloids are aggressive overgrowths of scar tissue, usually caused by an exaggerated inflammatory response in certain genetic makeups. Using something as irritating as wart remover will only serve to create an even bigger keloid. Do not do this!
Answered 1/5/2021
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Keloid Rx: The safest approach is silicone tape/gel (myscaraway, from walgreens/online), steroid/bleomycin injections immunosuppressant/chemotherapyagent) only in pro hands, electron-beam radiotherapy, almost never excision unless radiotherapy can be guaranteed within 24hr after excision. Be very careful or it will be made worse by cutting it! close follow up for 2yrs+ to monitor for recurrence essential!
Answered 5/1/2016
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