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 …

Keloids are abnormal scars that cause significant emotional and physical distress in patients
when inadequately treated. Keloid formation is theorized to occur as a result of an …

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 …

Keloids can be treated in a number of ways, including by surgery. Multiple studies now show
that while surgical monotherapy associates with extremely high rates of recurrence (50 …

Various treatments are available for auricular keloids, but none has an absolute advantage.
A practical and safe therapy to optimize the surgical outcome for auricular keloids is needed …

Radiotherapy is one of the therapeutic methods for keloids, and the irradiation technique
has innovated from superficial X-ray to brachytherapy after decades of clinical practice. At …

BACKGROUND: Radiotherapy has been used historically to treat a wide variety of
dermatologie conditions, including nonmelanoma skin cancers, lymphomas, and …

Background Using the keloid “epidermis” to cover a wound is widely used during treatment
for keloids. Many flap terminologies have been used in literature. However, the definition of …

Hypertrophic scars (HSs) and keloids are histologically characterized by excessive
extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. ECM deposition depends on the balance between …