Keloids – an extensive review in the light of recent literature

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Keywords:

Keloid, hypertrophic scars, fibroblast, collagen, treatment, prevention, biology

Abstract

Keloids are benign but challenging wound healing ailments that manifest clinically in variable and diverse forms. Patients present with one or very few small slow growing lesions on one extreme or else with numerous and very large, life-changing and debilitating lesions covering significant portion of their skin. The keloids require a comprehensive treatment plan and approach and most lesions need more than one modality of treatment. Proper assessment requires accurate quantification of the disease’s impact on the patients in terms of physical symptoms, quality of life and psychosocial status. This review focuses on the natural history, clinical features and therapeutic update of keloids in the light of the recent literature

Author Biography

Sajad Ahmad Salati, Unaizah College of Medicine , Qassim University , Saudi Arabia

Associate Professor , Department of SurgeryUnaizah College of Medicine , Qassim University , Saudi Arabia XMultiCopyPasteTime to upgrade, it’s free!Simply click on the top left of the extension and register to get access to 10 shortcuts. Your email will remain secure, but we might get in touch for your feedback!

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Salati SA. Keloids – an extensive review in the light of recent literature. J Pak Assoc Dermatol [Internet]. 2019Oct.6 [cited 2024Mar.28];29(2):225-49. Available from: http://jpad.com.pk/index.php/jpad/article/view/1306

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