Hello! I had to remove two spots due to skin cancer. I have keloid scars. Would it be possible to do skin grafting for these ? The scars are right above my breasts so it looks pretty bad and I wanted them to be completely unnoticeable
October 29, 2021
Answer: Fixing keloid scars on the chest At present, the gold standard of treating keloid scars in your skin type and in this location would be injecting cortisone +/- 5-FU and +/- liquid nitrogen preceding that. A skin graft is not an option, and surgical scar revision not a great idea either due to high risk of recurrence of the keloid and possibly even bigger in size. Once the injections have more or less flattened the keloid, then a vascular laser (e.g. Excel-V, PDL, etc) can be used to reduce pink-purple color that may be left.
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October 29, 2021
Answer: Fixing keloid scars on the chest At present, the gold standard of treating keloid scars in your skin type and in this location would be injecting cortisone +/- 5-FU and +/- liquid nitrogen preceding that. A skin graft is not an option, and surgical scar revision not a great idea either due to high risk of recurrence of the keloid and possibly even bigger in size. Once the injections have more or less flattened the keloid, then a vascular laser (e.g. Excel-V, PDL, etc) can be used to reduce pink-purple color that may be left.
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