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I have two keloids, one on each shoulder. how do i treat it when they start hurting to the point of exhaustion?

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See a doctor: Keloids can treated via surgery , steroid injection, and ointments . See a doctor to get proper treatment.

Answered 3/7/2016

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Ask your doctor: Have you looked into intralesional steroid treatment for them? Ask your doctor about it. I too have a large keloid on my shoulder and it throbs, but I am used to it and I don‘t do anything for it. Of course you could try warm or cold compress as well when it hurts.

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A member asked:

I have two keloids, one on each shoulder. how do i treat it when they start hurting to the point of exhaustion?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Thomas Wright answered

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