keloid scar ,
keloid , auch: cheloid

A keloid is a type of scar that can form where somebody has an injury.

In a keloid, the process continues long after the wound is covered over, and the scar can become quite large.

A keloid can be itchy or grow larger over time but it doesn't require medical treatment.

Sometimes a thick scar, or keloid, develops after curettage treatment.

A special form is the keloid, which derives from hyperplastic growth of scars.

Persons of any age can develop a keloid.

A bullet whined past his head, and he stumbled over the body of the woman with the lily pad keloid.

Have a history of abnormal scarring (keloid or hypertrophic scars).

Injections may help to soften the appearance of keloid or hypertrophic scars.

The husky woman, who had a vivid red keloid on her face, laid aside the cardboard box she'd been beating time to.

A pressure or elastic dressing may be placed over the area following the operation to discourage recurrence of the keloid.

Sister thought he might have been handsome but for the bright crimson keloid that covered one side of his face like a port-wine stain.

According to our data reduced tension would lead to lowering of the α-SMA level in the keloid.

Alternatively, the keloid on Louis' scalp had vanished and an identical scar had appeared across his brother's temple.

With the accumulation of collagen the tension experienced by the fibroblasts in the keloid will be reduced and apoptosis initiated.

A keloid: a smooth, raised line of healed skin which they might associate with a Caesarean section or an appendectomy but not with a face.

An inflammation of fatty tissue under the skin (erythema nodosum) or overgrown scar tissue (keloid).

Under medical supervision, a long-term course of corticosteroid injections into the scar may help flatten and soften the appearance of keloid or hypertrophic scars.

The worst cases were rounded up and executed, and to Lawry it was a whole hell of a lot worse than the most sickening keloid he'd ever seen.

The woman with the red keloid brought a small gold watch from the pocket of her coat, held it with loving reverence and squinted closely at the dial.

However, the findings related to the role of campothecin and its potential therapeutical use were reaffirmed in the study by Zhang et al. conducted in patients with keloid.

Excessive Scar Formation: Hypertrophic scar, Keloid, Desmoid.

A thin, dark-haired man with a blue keloid grabbed Mule's neck opposite Josh, and after a minute of struggle they got the horse calmed down enough to stop bucking.

The postconfluent PP cultures had considerably less α-SMA than either the keloid or the normal non-PP control (Fig.

She had a knife at her belt and a pistol in her hand, and a green keloid covered most of her face in the shape of a lily pad.