Earlobe keloids are benign, fibrous proliferations that show a high rate of recurrence of up to
80% following surgical excision. Traumas to the earlobe such as ear piercing, burns or …

Earlobe keloid can form after cosmetic ear piercing, trauma, or burns, and it poses several
difficulties in treatment and distinctive cosmetic implications. Treatment methods for earlobe …

Background: Earlobe keloids can form after cosmetic ear piercing, trauma, infection, or
burns, or spontaneously. These keloids are highly resistant for treatment and are followed by …

Earlobe keloids are a challenging management problem. These benign, fibrous
proliferations develop in predisposed persons at sites of cutaneous injury or as the result of …

Background Keloid is not a homogeneous biological entity. The exact pathologic
mechanism of the lesion continues to be an enigma for physicians and researchers alike …

Management of keloids is still controversial. Many different treatment modalities may be
used for this purpose, however, no one method has been found completely successful …

Keloid formation is an unpredictable complication to normal scar tissue development. The
etiology is unknown, although an individual predisposition may be present. There is a …

Keloids of the earlobe pose a complex management problem. They are relatively common
sequelae of trauma or irritation to the skin of the earlobe, and usually appear in predisposed …

Keloid is an unregulated proliferation of fibrous scar tissue that develops outside the original
wound; as well as secondary to trauma or infection, it can appear spontaneously. Ear …

BACKGROUND The earlobe is a location with a high risk of keloid scar formation. Keloid
scars pose a surgical challenge from recidivation. The objective of this study was to …