Hello! My keloid is on the top right of my ear in the cartilage from a piercing I got seven(!) years ago! My keloid is about the size of two kidney beans smoothed together, and is fairly big.. :/ I hate it so much. I NEVER wear my hair up, and very few people know I actually have it. I'm very insecure about it, so I looked into the rubber band method. For literally half a year I was dreading doing it, because I don't do well with pain at all! Tonight I decided to do it, because I'd much rather have a little confidence than none at all. I wrapped two rubberbands around it(ortho hands that are for my gapped front teeth, lol, not hair bands), and I didn't have balls to wrap them twice, so I just put two of them on..I also tied a piece of stretchy elastic string around it once, so I can casually tighten every once in a while. I've had the bands and string on for about 20 minutes now. Almost immediately my keloid started to turn purple. It is a little itchy, but not too much pain. Is that normal? I'm thinking I'm just going to irritate the scar even more, and it'll grow rapidly instead of actually detaching from my ear completely;/ I'm so scared about that, but I know that if I stop it now it will grow for sure, so I'm gonna stick it out for a few more days and see if it starts to detach. Can anyone else relate on the lack of pain/increase of irritation/itchiness? I'm curious. Are the bands and string too loose??? I don't want to do this wrong, or have to do it again, so please - any comments? Am I doing this right?! Ps, I am using peroxide to clean it, and also soakedthe string and bands in peroxide before placing them on my scar. Will the pain casually get worse? I wear a hat at work(thank goodness), and it just barely covers my keloid completely. Sometimes my hat moves upward or downward, and I feel my scar peeking through. I'm self-conscious about this, because, like I said, very few people know I even have one, because I make sure to try and hide its hideousness. Anyway..if anyone has comments, or a similar experience, or has started their method around this time too, please let me know! I think I'm gonna need the motivation, and support, and also to know if anyone can relate on anything I've said or done so far. I really appreciate it!!! :)