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Help for Recurring and Growing Chest Keloid on an 8 Year Old?
My 8 year old had large keloid removed from chest. I had steroid injections stopped because it was too traumatic for a child. Now the scar/keloid is 3x bigger. We have tried silicone gel patches, silicone creams, etc. Keloid still growing. HELP!
Asked 24 months ago by
ninosmd in riverside
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Treatment of keloids on the chest
The treatment of keloids is surgical removal followed by1. wearing of a pressure garment & scar injections with weekly office visits for 2 to 3 months
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2. a total of 4 radiation treatments to the area starting the day after the removal & completed within 1 week of surgery (performed mostly on out of town patients & those who cannot fill the requirements of option 1)
In my experience all other treatments are accompanied by a very high recurrence rate. If the keloid comes back...
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