Keloid scars, their treatment and removal

Keloid scars, methods of their treatment remain in medicine an open topic, which requires further study and new inventions in the field of drugs. After all, until now it has not been established what exactly is the factor of the degeneration of the scar. Therefore, there is no medicine that affects the very cause of proliferation of connective tissue healing wound.

Immortologists and endocrinologists, geneticists, dermatologists and surgeons contribute to the study of the processes that form gross scars on the human body. But there is no single opinion pointing to the correct cause, which triggers the mechanism of formation of the altered structure of connective tissue.

Keloid scars differ from normotrophic ones in that they acquire a kind of pathological formation, often of cyanotic color. For the pathological development of the scar, the dimensions of skin lesions do not matter. The connective tissue grows both on the site of the long surgical incision, and at the point of piercing or biting the insect. According to statistics, in younger people the frequency of keloid formation is higher.

The most rare and mysterious cases associated with the growth of the skin, is the formation of destructive tissue without the preliminary damage, cut, puncture, burn.

Keloid scars begin to develop about a month after the injury. While by the end of the first year of wound healing the normal scar ceases to increase, keloid formation can continue its growth. Scar tissue remains unstable for many years.

Pathological scars always cover a larger surface than there was a preliminary damage. The blue color of connective tissue does not change for decades, the surface remains bumpy, sometimes with a clawlike relief. In addition to an obvious cosmetic defect, keloid scars cause periodic pain, burning, and itching may occur.

A clawed scar is called young under 5 years old. Then he goes to the category of old keloid scars, starts to turn pale, wrinkle. Just on how much the scars turn out to be old, the course of treatment depends.

With an established tendency to form pathological skin growths after wounds, due attention should be paid to preventive measures in cases of injury. The possibility of degeneration of the connective tissue is reduced to zero with timely access for help to a dermatologist.

It is not recommended during the rehabilitation period after the operation to perform any extrusion of the contents of the swollen seam, use active agents such as celandine, sunbathe, soak in the sauna or bath, use drugs without prescribing a doctor. Such actions can negatively affect the keloid cicatrix. Treatment will be complicated by uncontrolled sprouting, which can not be controlled conservatively.

After diagnosing keloid formations, surgery is rarely used.

A gentle method of treating pathological scars is cryotherapy and radiotherapy. It must be remembered that the side effect of cryotherapy is a violation of the formation of skin pigment. Laser therapy has adverse effects on the general condition of the body.

The most popular method of treatment of the growth of the scar, which is used by modern physicians, is physiotherapy. Electrophoresis, ultrasound or phonophoresis with the addition of medications, such as Krapina, is used to resorb the altered connective tissue.

In the production of caripain, papaya juice is used, rich in enzyme, which breaks down the protein that is contained in the keloid zones.

Removal of keloid scars is in their surgical excision with a scalpel, in the conduct of a plastic surgery. Good aesthetic results are obtained after using a special chemical peel. The latest technologies for removing scars include the technique of applying silicone wafers.