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• Posted to Keloid removal with string? on 12 Nov 2011

  I think I changed the string every two days. As the keloid blackened, the area around the string would get pretty scabby so it got more difficult over time to take the string off. I cleaned it with hydrogen peroxide.

• Posted to Keloid removal with string? on 11 Nov 2011

  Since my keloid was too small to wrap an elastic around, I used dental floss. With the dental floss, it took me about two weeks before the keloid was gone. I didn't cut the keloid off, so once it was off, it was just reddish smooth skin underneath. My keloid was in the cartiledge at the front of my ear; not the back. Once the keloid was off, there wasn't really any healing that needed to be done, but changing the string was definitely a pain

• Posted to Keloid removal with string? on 11 Nov 2011

  Hi ali_86, I have two small keloids on my ear. One continued to grow bigger and one remained small. I noticed that the one that kept growing would constantly irritate me (it had an uncomfortable itching, stretching or pulsing feeling) while the other one didn't bother me at all. I removed the bigger one (the one that kept growing), and now that stretching, uncomfortable feeling is gone, so I'm hoping that means that it won't grow back. Good luck with yours

• Posted to Keloid removal with string? on 7 Oct 2011

  It bled a bit after the 3rd day or so but it wasn't too bad. I used dental floss and wrapped it around the keloid twice. I think it took me almost 2 weeks for it to come off. I let it fall off on it's own, although towards the end, I was twisting it to get it to hurry up. I had to cut the string to remove it, and I really don't know if an easier way to do it. Removing the string was the hardest part...

• Posted to Keloid removal with string? on 6 Oct 2011

  It's been interesting reading everyone's stories. I did the string method about 6 months ago, and my keloid hasn't grown back. Mine was at the front of my right ear, however there is still a small, round reddish scar. It's a lot better now than it was before though. When I rub the area, there is still a bit of hardness from the scarring but it's relatively flat