Skin condition
Hypertrophic/ Keloid Scarring
Condition: enlarged scars
During any of our surgical procedures an incision of some size will need to be made. Eery single patients we operate on will need to manage their scars post surgery to ensure optimal wound healing, however for some patients, their body will heal in an undesirable way, which is out of their hands and ours.
A keloid scar is a firm, smooth, hard growth that occurs as a result of excessive scar formation. Keloids occur after skin injury; rarely, keloids can occur spontaneously without any significant preceding skin injury. They may develop on any part of the body and extend beyond the original wound margin, although the upper chest, shoulders, ears, and neck are especially prone to them.
Unlike keloid scars, hypertrophic scars are limited to the area of damaged skin. They are prone to occur when there is a lot of tension on a healing wound, the resultant scar is thicker than usual. Hypertrophic scars are more likely to regress and resolve compared to keloids as these tend to persist.
Treatment Solutions
We have a number of treatments available in clinic designed to manage post surgery scars.
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Scar Examples
