| | Keloid - BME Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Keloids are a specific kind of fibrous scar tissue — most people make the mistake of assuming that all piercing-related scarring is keloiding. |
| | Keloid scars always extend well past the edges of the original wound/scar and tend to be darker in colour than hypertrophic scars. |
| | While one can try and treat keloid scarring with steroid injections such as triamcinolone to increase collagenase (an enzyme that breaks down collagen), it is not usually effective and surgical excision is often the only option. |
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