Keloid scars and hypertrophic scars are types of abnormal scars that can develop after skin injuries. Keloids are characterized by excessive growth of scar tissue that extends beyond the original ...

Differentiating between the 2 diagnoses is essential because keloids and hypertrophic scars are separate clinical and histochemical entities. Phenotypically, hypertrophic scars remain within the ...

The proliferative phase occurs during the first few months, and pharmaceutical intervention can help to decrease the risk of aesthetically disfiguring hypertrophic or keloid scars, thereby ...

Corticosteroid Injection. Used only for hypertrophic scars or keloids, a series of injections with medicinal steroids may shrink an inflamed raised scar. Any Baylor Medicine Dermatologist can inject a ...