How Do You Reduce The Appearance Of Keloid Scars With Silicone Scar Treatment?
A keloid is a kind of scar that contains mostly type 1 collagen. It results in a tissue overgrowth where the skin has sustained some type of injury. Keloids are rubbery to the touch, firm, shiny and can range from pinkish to red or dark brown in color. Keloids are benign and cannot be passed on to someone else because they are not contagious. Usually, they can have severe itching, texture changes and sometimes pain as well. For the most part, keloids grow in an outward sort of manner over the normal skin. If the keloid gets infected, it might ulcerate and the only treatment available is to completely remove the scar. The only drawback with removing a keloid scar is that the likelihood of another developing where the surgery took place is usually more than fifty percent. Although collagen is necessary for the repairing of wounds, sometimes it can overgrow in the affected area, at times producing a much larger lump than the original scar. However, keloids could also appear spontaneously,
