Can a 15 year old get plastic surgery to get keloid in the neck / chest area removed?
Answer: Keloid scars and surgery in young adolescents
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August 31, 2009
Answer: Keloid in neck or chest difficult to treat with surgery 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.
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August 31, 2009
Answer: Keloid in neck or chest difficult to treat with surgery 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.
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August 14, 2009
Answer: Keloid treatment 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.
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August 14, 2009
Answer: Keloid treatment 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.
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August 14, 2009
Answer: Keloid in 15 year-old. 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.
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August 14, 2009
Answer: Keloid in 15 year-old. 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.
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November 25, 2013
Answer: Excision, kenalog injection, compression and radiation in severe keloid cases 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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November 25, 2013
Answer: Excision, kenalog injection, compression and radiation in severe keloid cases 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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