I have a keloid on the back of my head. I've been getting the steroid shot for a year and I just want to have surgery (Photo)

February 14, 2016
Asked By:Kendel20 in Houston, TX

On my senior trip for high school we went to Florida, while on our trip I decided to get a hair cut by a barber shop close to our hotel. About two days after my hair cut I noticed these little bumps forming on the back of my head, I didn't think anything of them. A Week later bumps were still there and getting larger, got home and showed my parents and they told me that the barber used dirty clippers on my head. This had never happened to me before, should I get surgery or laser?

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