Keloid Removal for 15 Year Old?

Question

Can a 15 year old get plastic surgery to get keloid in the neck / chest area removed?

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Absolutely. Keloids require medical and surgical treatment to correct and prevent deformity.  A 15 year old is not too young to undergo a procedure.

Parham Ganchi, PhD, MD · Answer

I would try to treat this with injections first. If this fails, surgery may be the only option.  However, some feel that the teenage years are not the ideal time for scar healing.  Depending on the keloids characteristics and the patient's emotional state, a difficult decision may have to be made. No matter what course of action is taken, keloids are difficult to improve and can become worse. Don't be in any rush to move to surgery.

Steven Wallach, MD · Answer

A keloid will usually come back if only excised. Sometimes it can be combined with serial cortisone injections, pressure dressing, silicone sheeting or even local radiation if it recurs.

Bryan K. Chen, MD · Answer

I would consider a series of cortisone and/or 5-fluorouracil injections into the keloid.  The risk of excising a keloid (especially in the mid chest) is a high rate of recurrence and in some cases, a larger keloid than you started with.  Depending on the age and appearance of the scar, silicone gel sheeting may or may not be beneficial.
Good luck.

Hisham Seify, MD, PhD, FACS · Answer

Surgical removal of a keloid could be done at 15 years of age, if other measures did not help (e.g injection,compression etc.).If exision is planned it is better to combine it with intraoperative excision. Best of luck.

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Keloid Removal for 15 Year Old?

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Answer: Keloid in 15 year-old.

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Answer: Excision, kenalog injection, compression and radiation in severe keloid cases

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