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Can keloids be passed down from father to daughter?

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Dr. Sharon Ann Clark answered

Specializes in Plastic Surgery

Hereditary Keloids: Keloids are really a pseudo tumor of scar tissue - formation of scar beyond the zone of injury. Heredity can be from either parent, more common in dark skinned individuals. Be especially careful of piercings, facial & earrings, facial trauma, and zone of cleavage. Any keloid can be painful. Treatment with steroid injections, scar revisions, pressure silicon sheets or creams. Lastly Radiation

Answered 7/30/2015

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