In a series of 5o patients referred to us with keloids of the ear lobes, none was under 12
years of age. Twenty-seven had had their lobes pierced in adolescence or adulthood. The …

There is no universally agreed policy for treating keloid scars of the ear lobe following
piercing. We treated 35 patients (34 women) for high-risk ear-lobe keloids; the average age …

Background: Keloids of the ear are a challenging problem, with many treatment modalities
advocated. The primary determinant in choosing a treatment protocol should be a low …

Although keloids are rarely discussed in the otolaryngologic literature, they are often seen in
American blacks. In this series, all but one of the keloids have developed as a result of ear …

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 …

This is a prospective clinical study of 46 ear keloids in 31 patients (with a mean follow-up of
18 months) treated from January 2006 to December 2006 at The Queen Elizabeth Public …

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Keloids are benign cutaneous lesions, arising from proliferating fibroblasts. Keloids of the
ear may occur after trauma, surgery or helix piercings and are difficult to treat, since they …

Discussion A close study of the candidate risk factors for keloid formation suggests that
across all the studies, sex, race, genetic factors, hyper-immune response, increased …

This retrospective study was conducted to analyze the recurrence of ear lobe keloids in 36
patients after surgical excision followed by radiation therapy. In all the cases keloids were …