I have a keloid on my knee, how can I remove it without surgery? I'm only 13 yrs old. (photos)

July 23, 2015
Asked By:brelynn in Baton Rouge, LA

I ran and scraped my knee pretty badly and then it turned into a keloid afterwards. I see most people that have keloids on their ear, they tied a rubber band/string around it and it came off within a week but my keloid is on my knee. So can I tie a rubber band/string on the keloid ON my KNEE or is there some kind of way I can remove it without surgery.

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Answer: Injection therapy can be done for this combined with Vbeam laser treatment to defuse the redness

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACSBoard Certified Plastic Surgeon
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Answer: Injection therapy can be done for this combined with Vbeam laser treatment to defuse the redness

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July 25, 2015

Answer: Knee Keloid -- 5fu/steroids, pulsed dye laser, fractional laser

Jason Emer, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology
July 25, 2015

Answer: Knee Keloid -- 5fu/steroids, pulsed dye laser, fractional laser

Jason Emer, MDDermatologic Surgeon, Board Certified in Dermatology

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