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18 Απρ 2023 · You should also protect healing skin from the sun to help prevent discoloration and keloid formation. Keloids can take time to appear, and sun damage can make these scars more visible. Using sunscreen and other sun protection can help minimize keloid appearance.
1 Μαΐ 2024 · The risk of developing a hypertrophic scar or keloid increases when the healing time is longer than three weeks. This can be achieved by keeping the wound clean and moisturized, thereby ensuring that the time to re-epithelialization is as short as possible.
13 Ιουλ 2023 · The goal is to reduce or prevent a scar by putting pressure on the wound as it heals. Such dressings need to be worn for 12 to 24 hours a day for 4 to 6 months to be effective. This method can be very uncomfortable.
Keloids can arise months to years after an injury. The pathogenesis is hypothesised to involve dysregulation of the normal healing process resulting in excessive production of collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, and extracellular matrix proteins. There is an increase in the number of fibroblasts and mast cells.
13 Ιουλ 2023 · Your doctor might recommend applying a pressure pad or a silicone gel pad to a wound while it's healing. Adults need to take these preventive steps for six months after skin injury, and children up to 18 months. Applying pressure earrings to your earlobes after an ear piercing helps prevent keloids.
How do dermatologists treat keloids? To give their patients the best results, dermatologists often recommend more than one type of treatment for a keloid. These scars can be difficult to get rid of, and some return after treatment. Using two or more types of treatment often improves results.
1 Αυγ 2009 · Keloids and hypertrophic scars represent an exuberant healing response that poses a challenge for physicians. Patients at high risk of keloids are usually younger than 30 years and have...
