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Southern California Keloid Specialist who Accepts PPO Insurance?
asked 1 year ago by Donna12 in Los Angeles, CA
Latest answer by Steven Turkeltaub, MD
Question viewed 266 times
Tags: earlobe, doctor referral, hispanic, insurance, keloid scar
I'm a 35 Year Old Latina Who Has Suffered from Earlobe Keloids for Years. I've Had 5 (4 with Kaiser and 1 in Mexico) all that came out of those surgeries were bigger keloids. It's so embarrassing!! I recently added PPO to my medical insurance hoping to find a specialist that will take my insurance. Is there any keloid specialist in Southern California that takes PPO insurance? Please help!!
2 answers to Southern California Keloid Specialist who Accepts PPO Insurance?
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Earlobe Keloid Specialist?
Hi Donna. With the previous surgeries, have they been performed by plastic surgeons? That is one consideration when getting this surgery as you know because keloids do recur frequently.
The other question we would have is if you were injected with steroids (kenalog) during the healing process to prevent recurrence of the keloids. You may also want to consider using ocmpression after surgery to be more proactive in the redevelopment of the keloids....
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Treatment of a recurrent keloid and finding a surgeon who can treat it effectively
If keloids are treated incompletely, they often recur with a larger size. It is quite probable that your treatments did not make proper use of the available modalities and that you did not have adequate long term followup. Even with appropriate treatment, these can recur up to a year and a half later.
A common, accepted and appropriate treatment can include surgical excision with immediate injection of steroid medication and then monthly followups with repeat injections as indicated....
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