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A member asked:

Whats the name of scars that looks like ringworm scars, but arent?

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Uncertain: A picture would help me greatly could be from a circular injury to the skin might be a keloid or a hypertrophic scar.

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/17/2016

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