Prevention is considered the best strategy for dealing with keloid-prone skin, particularly in people with darker skin tones. Keloids are genetically related. They itch, burn, and sometimes hurt.

"I avoided the mirror when I undressed so that I didn’t have to notice the growing number of large, protruding bumps." ...

You can remove keloids through steroid injections, cryotherapy, leaser therapy, and more. If you have a raised, firm, thick scar that won't go away in an area where your skin has undergone some ...

Scar tape is being touted all over social media as the solution to stubborn acne scars and hyperpigmentation. But does it ...

A granuloma will go away on its own, but you might have to see a doctor to remove a keloid. A nose piercing can be a cute accessory, but it's not so cute when a bump pops up on the skin next to ...

Another consideration is the possibility of developing a keloid (raised scar tissue that forms after a skin injury) from a tattoo. Dark skin is more likely to develop keloids than light skin.

On the basis of the fortuitous observation of a beneficial effect of enalapril on recent and long-standing postsurgical keloid scars and confirmatory data from the literature, ACE inhibitors and ...

After fine-tuning, the VGG16 convolutional neural network outperformed other deep learning models in 2 of 3 key classification tasks. The VGG16 convolutional neural network (CNN) achieved high ...

Dr. Oyerinde is a board certified dermatologist that specializes in cosmetic treatments in patients with darker skin tones, such as chemical peels, laser hair removal, facial rejuvenation, keloid ...