Is Keloid Scarring Possible Around the Eyes if Laser Resurfacing is Performed?

This is a low risk, though there are always exceptions to the rule.  Of course, the most important safeguard you will take is choosing the artist/doctor performing your treatment.

If a nurse is performing the treatment, find out how many they have performed, and ask yourself if you feel more comfortable with a nurse or a board certified physician.

Lighter treatments obtain less results with less risk.  Deeper treatments with a laser get better results with more downtime, and with more risks.

An experienced doctor and a good follow up routine can minimize and avoid these risks.  Best of luck, and let us know if you have any additional questions!

Keloids and hypertrophic scars are not common on eyelid skin, but a feared complication of laser resurfacing of the periorbital area, or eyelid skin, is contraction of the skin leading to the lower eyelid being pulled away from the eye causing the tears not to bathe the eye with moisture and the cornea can dry our causing a keratitis (inflammation of the cornea) and eventual scarring which can cover the pupil causing obstructed vision, not to mention, that it can be very uncomfortable.

Keloids are scars that grow beyond the boundaries of the scar itself. In other words they tend to grow up and outward almost like a mushroom. Hypertrophic scars are scars that are raised about the skin surface so when you run your finger along it you feel a firm ridge or bulge. Either could happen following ablative laser resurfacing, but keloids would be very rare around the eyes. At the same time hypertrophic scarring or scarring (even if flat and smooth but with different color and texture) would be a very bad result. To minimize complications or risks I suggest that you see a dermatologist or plastic surgeon with training and experience in the procedure.