What is keloids??

Keloids occur from such skin injuries as surgical incisions, traumatic wounds, vaccination sites, burns, chickenpox , acne , or even minor scratches. They are fairly common in young women and African Americans. Keloidosis is a term used when multiple or repeated keloids are produced.

Most keloids will flatten and become less noticeable over a period of several years. They may become irritated from rubbing on clothing or other forms of friction. Extensive keloids may become binding, limiting mobility. They may cause cosmetic changes and affect the appearance.

Exposure to the sun during the first year of the keloid's formation will cause the keloid to tan darker than surrounding skin. This dark coloration may become permanent.

scar tissue... on people with dark complexions

Im not sure but I think I heard of it too. Isn't it some kind of a rashing skin condition that basically looks like a burn?

Keloids are extra big & thick scars.

Keloids are over grown scar tissue, some people, especially Afro Americans tend to make them, so instead of a flat scar there is a more rounded one

It's like a extra piece of meat hanging off your body,examole people that were fake earings if you look behind there ear it may look like a ball of skin.It's really scar tissue where your body has tried to heal itself and went fool.

Keloid is just the name for an unusually enlarged or thickened scar. A normal scar is a cicatrix, keloid refers to an abnormal scar.

Some people are genetically disposed to form keloid from even minor injuries and others are not. Dark-skinned people are more likely to make keloid than most lighter skinned people.

Preventing keloid is a medical challenge when a person has an injury or needs surgery. Careful technique, infection control and sometimes drugs like steroids may help reduce scarring.

Scar tissue.

scars that form on African American skin. Often they are caused by ingrown hairs.

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