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I'm Black. Had a 1" Cut 12yrs Ago on the Side of Left Knee. Healed but Grew to a 1.5"x2" Very Black Raised Thick Scar. Options?
asked 9 months ago by Azorgen in San Antonio, TX
Latest answer by Emily Altman, MD
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Tags: male, African American, dark, options
1 answer to I'm Black. Had a 1" Cut 12yrs Ago on the Side of Left Knee. Healed but Grew to a 1.5"x2" Very Black Raised Thick Scar. Options?
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Treatment options for hypertrophic scars or keloids
Hypertrophic scars and keloids respond to intralesional injections of Kenalog, a corticosteroid medication that can help decrease the thickness of the scar. The scar itself will not disappear however. Any scar in a highly mobile area like the knee, chest, back, upper arms can become a keloid, a thick, usually pink or purplish firm nodule that is larger than the site of original injury.
Another treatment is compression with silicone gel sheeting. I would not recommend any surgical...
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