When it comes to large keloids which grow outside the skin’s surface, often keloid removal surgery is the only way to successfully remove them. But creams are known to help with discoloration from flat keloids.

Our skin is similar to that of a timeline. It is put through so much throughout our entire life span it is no wonder that many people develop some sort of physical scarring. Our skin protects our body and works to prevent infections when we have any type of skin trauma or accident. Through years of harmful environmental factors as well as sometimes unfortunate circumstances our skin takes a beating.

Trauma
I remember when I was younger and I used to play a lot of different sports. There were times when I had to sacrifice my body, whether it was learning how to ride a bike and falling off of it or sliding into second base to avoid being tagged out. At the time I didn’t really think about what I was doing to my skin. It isn’t until years later that I realized the long term damage I had caused to my skin.

Now there are treatments that are available to help with these skin imperfections, including keloids. Such treatments including keloid surgery, are made available for anyone who would like to increase the appearance of their skin and not worry about those unsightly flaws.

Surgery
One type of scar removal surgery that people use to help treat these raised scars on the body is a treatment called excisional surgery. This process consists of complete removal of the scar tissue and replacing adjacent non scarred tissue in a process called skin grafting. There is a minimal amount of soft tissue used in this procedure to prevent the new skin used from other parts of the body from scarring.

Radiation
Another type of keloid surgery is radiation. Although this treatment can be used on it’s own, it is much more effective when combined with the excisional surgical procedure. The best type of radiation therapy is brachytherapy and this treatment is combined with excisional surgery. These two procedures work together to maximize the dissipation of the scar. In many cases the scar is completely dissolved. Studies have shown that postoperative use of radiation is just as effective as a combination of both preoperative and postoperative procedures.

Laser Therapy
This another form of keloid surgery and has some positive aspects that make in the treatment of scar tissue. The reasons being that it it has less trauma on skin tissue and is less likely to create excessive inflammation. This type of therapy is made of four different types of lasers. One is flash lamp pulse dyed laser, argon laser, carbon dioxide laser, and Nd:YAG laser. The carbon dioxide laser and argon laser promote collagen shrinkage which is made possible by the heat that is radiated through the laser. The pulse-dyed laser helps with microvascular thrombosis and the Nd:YAG helps with the production of collagen. All of these treatments have not been very successful in treatment compared to some of the other treatments discussed. They have a  greater likelihood of reoccurrence.

What To Do Next?
Now that you know more about the different types of keloid surgery you can make an appointment to consult with your dermatologist to find out more about the benefits and side effects of these procedures. It should be noted that I am not a medical professional nor do I claim to be, therefore consulting with your professional doctor or dermatologist would be ideal for you make a well educated decision on whether the aforementioned or any other types of keloid removal are something you should consider.