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Keloid chest excision

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Keloid chest excision

jgarcia31289December 2, 2017
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I decided to get my chest keloid excised for the 2nd time. So far I am satisfied with the results but I hope it gets to look better over time. I got the keloid when I was about 16 (I am now 28). It started as a very small pimple that I popped and overtime it got bigger and bigger. Every once in aWhile I would get steroid injections but never stayed consistent. It bean to grow and grow and we very painful. At the age of 25 I decided to get it excised by a plastic surgeon with continuous steroid injections. The results were amazing for about a month but the keloid came back and slightly bigger (see pic). I decided to try again to get the keloid excised by a plastic surgeon but this time with radiation (4 sessions). I do monthly go for steroid injections. So l far I am happy with the results. The radiation did burn my skin around the keloid :(, but that will go away over time. The keloid is flat and I am pain free. As you see in the pic the excision must be longer then the keloid itself to allow proper stitching.

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Erez Sternberg, MD

Erez Sternberg, MD

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

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Replies (4)

rachelwilson33
December 5, 2017
Thank you for posting. My sister has one in the same spot that came up from a pimple also. Hers is so painful that no one can touch in. She will not wear a shirt that is low cut, in fear someone will ask about it. I would love for her to be pain free and her to have the confidence to rock any shirt she picked up! b
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Gemini71
April 3, 2018
Thanks for sharing your journey. So many of us suffer with those, I have several on my back but I've been getting injections for over the years.
dumaze
April 4, 2018
goodluck. I hope everything goes well. I also have a keloid on my chest. I am not as brave to have surgery
momofeight81
January 27, 2019
Update us please I suffer from the same issue
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