2006-06-28 20:49:01 · 6 answers · asked by Simran S 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
How are keloids formed ?
Normally when there is a wound on the skin due to trauma or infection, it heals with scarring. If the scar tissue continues to grow beyond the margins of the original wound, it forms a keloid.
What is a keloid ?
A keloid is a firm to hard, irregularly shaped, thickened overgrowth with claw like projections. It may be asymptomatic or painful, tender and pruritic (itchy).
2006-06-28 20:58:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A keloid is a scar that doesn't know when to stop. When the skin is injured, cells grow back to fill in the gap. Somehow, they "know" when the scar tissue is even with the contour of the skin, at which point they stop multiplying. When the cells keep on reproducing, the result is a what is called a overgrown (hypertrophic) scar or a keloid.
2006-06-29 03:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by lovely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keloid is abnormal raised type of scarring of wounds, which is sometimes painful and itchy
Some people keloid with all healing
2006-06-29 03:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by midwife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Predominantly for some minorities, its a long lasting type of scar. Normally, a flesh wound would fix itself by clotting at the surface, then healing, layer by layer. Sometimes the body works overtime, and too many skin cells are created to fix it. The skin may appear raised at the keloid. They can appear, virtually anywhere from your legs to your tongue, just because of an overactive response to injury
2006-06-29 04:27:54 · answer #4 · answered by muse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keloid = Raised pinkish scar tissue at the site of an injury; results from excessive tissue repair
2006-06-29 03:52:21 · answer #5 · answered by PrinceCharming 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-06-29 04:05:34 · answer #6 · answered by bluejaybabe10 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋