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WHAT ARE KELOIDS?

Keloids are types of scars that occur when they become larger than the original wound.

This can be due to minor skin damage, such as acne, and can spread out of the original area and persist for many years.

Keloids affect around 11 million people around the world every year.

A tendency to develop keloids can run in families.

They look like exaggerated scars and are raised above the skin. 

Keloids are shiny and hairless, and can feel hard and rubbery, as well as domed. 

New ones are often red or purple before turning browner as people age.

Most sufferers have just one or two keloids, however, some have many, particularly if they are the result of acne or chickenpox.

Keloids can often not be cured as cutting one out may cause it to be replaced by a larger scar in the same place.

 Source: British Skin Foundation

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