Keloid Treatment

A Keloid is a hard growth of scar tissue forming around an injury such as a wound, puncture or
burn usually after healing. It can affect any part of the body but is commonly found on the
cheeks, earlobes and shoulders. Keloids are not life threatening but can create concerns for an
individual’s overall appearance
DOWNTIME: None; you may resume your everyday life activities immediately after treatment
TREATMENT TIME: 40 minutes-1 hour
DISCOMFORT LEVEL: 4 out of 5

WHEN TO EXPECT RESULTS: to be discussed during your consultation
HOW TO PREPARE FOR TREATMENT:
● Prepare whatever questions you would like to get answers to
WHAT TO EXPECT:
● The treatment begins with a consultation in which the practitioner gives you an insight
of the procedure and also provides answers to all of your concerns
● The treatment area is mapped out and then sterilized
● You might require a skin biopsy to rule out skin cancer.
● A local anesthetic is injected into the keloid after which comes the steroidal injection or
liquid nitrogen as the case may be.

EXPECTED OUTCOME:
You may experience:
● skin thinning
● Pigmentation (hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation)
● Blistering