Keloids and hypertrophic scars are caused by cutaneous injury and irritation, including
trauma, insect bite, burn, surgery, vaccination, skin piercing, acne, folliculitis, chicken pox …

Hypertrophic scars and keloids are fibroproliferative disorders that may arise after any deep
cutaneous injury caused by trauma, burns, surgery, etc. Hypertrophic scars and keloids are …

There has been a long-standing need for guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of
keloids and hypertrophic scars that are based on an understanding of the pathomechanisms …

Hypertrophic scars and keloids can have significant detrimental effects on patients both
psychosocially and functionally. A careful identification of patient risk factors and a …

Background and Objectives There is currently intense multidisciplinary interest and a
maturing body of literature regarding laser treatments for traumatic scars, but international …

Keloids are pathological scars that grow over time and extend beyond the initial site of injury
after impaired wound healing. These scars frequently recur and rarely regress. They are …

In 2006, we established a scar/keloid-specialized unit in the Department of Plastic,
Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery at Nippon Medical School (NMS) in Tokyo, Japan. In …

Keloids and hypertrophic scars are fibroproliferative disorders (FPDs) of the skin that result
from abnormal healing of injured or irritated skin. They can be called pathological or …

Background: In 2010, this Journal published my comprehensive review of the literature on
hypertrophic scars and keloids. In that article, I presented evidence-based algorithms for the …

Since their earliest description, keloids and hypertrophic scars have beleaguered patients
and clinicians alike. These scars can be aesthetically disfiguring, functionally debilitating …