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Is there any treatment for keloid scars? or medication to ease rhe pain, they are very painful, like electrical discharges. i have them on my back.
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See below: There are many possible treatments for keloids which range from medicine injections into the site to surgery to freezing them to radiation to laser treatments. Talk to your doctor about the possibilities.
Answered 4/20/2018
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Yes: Injectible steroids, laser and possible radiation first try excision and compression.
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