WHAT ARE KELOIDS?
Keloids is a thickened skin lesion that appears at the site of an old wound. Keloid, considered a benign skin cancer, is not dangerous to the patient's health, but is usually an aesthetic problem. How are keloids formed and what are the reasons for their appearance? How do you know when a wound has become keloids? How are keloids treated and are there home remedies for these skin changes?
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| Massive KELOIDS |
WHAT DO KELOIDS LOOK LIKE?
A keloid is usually bright red in color and has a smooth and shiny surface. This makes keloids indistinguishable from healthy skin. A single keloid can vary in size from several millimeters to several tens of centimeters.
Keloids can form on virtually any part of our body, but the most common areas are the chest, feet, hands, earlobes, shoulders, and the front surface of the arms. Keloids also often occur where the skin is in direct contact with bone, such as around joints. In such cases, their thickness and stiffness, resulting from the presence of a large amount of collagen fibers, can lead to difficulties in mobility, contracture, and limitation in range of motion.
WHO IS AT RISK OF THEIR FORMATION?
All of us experience injuries, accidents and amputations. That is why we have many marks on our body, big or small. Why does scar turn into keloids in some individuals? There are many factors that make some people more likely to develop keloids. The most important factors in the formation of keloids are:
Age of the patient
The risk of Keloids decreases with the age. In children, the formation of pathological scars is mainly related to the excessive production of collagen.
Skin color
Keloids are more common in people with darker skin tones – which means the presence of keloids depends on the number of pigment cells (melanocytes) in the skin.
Metabolic disorders
They contribute to impaired wound healing. Keloids are more common in people with diabetes.
Autoimmune diseases
Especially in the case of Hashimoto's disease, which is associated with abnormalities in the concentration and function of hormones.
Disorders in tissue vascularization
Borger's and Raynaud's vascular diseases.
Sex hormone levels in women
Keliods can develop in a woman at any age, but most often occurs during puberty and pregnancy, and decreases during menopause.
Curiosity
Keloids are skin lesions that often occur in people with dark skin in African-American countries. Moreover, in Africa, this skin lesion is so common that it is widely accepted and there is no reaction from the public. The incidence of keloids in black people is 15 times higher than in white people. Keloids are also more common in Asians and southern Europeans. The problem of keloids does not occur to albinos only.
CAUSES OF FORMATION
Proper wound healing leads to the formation of a scar that covers the flat surface of the wound. However, in some people, fibroblasts, the cells that make up the scar, overgrow, causing keloid formation. What types of injuries can cause keloids?
The causes of keloid formation vary. The most important reasons include:
A person's tendency to develop keloids - In many cases, keloids develop spontaneously. There are also cases of increased incidence of keloids after trauma. This often happens in people who have a family history of keloids.
Mechanical injuries - i.e. any rupture of connective tissue.
Medical history - acne vulgaris, smallpox, inflammation of hair follicles.
Postpartum wound - both during cesarean section and after perineal incision.
Thermal injuries - after burns, keloids develop most rapidly, especially if the skin on the upper part of the body changes.
Insect bites – Even mosquito bites can result in keloids.
Improper shaving that causes skin injuries.
Holes.
Specificity of vaccine injection.
Keloids are excessive growth of skin after some injury particularly in infected and chronic wounds. They occur on many parts of the body more in males than females. Some people have more tendency to develop keloids than others.
These types of lesions have been seen in burn wounds. They usually remain restricted in wound area and don't cross the wound edges. They have raised and smooth surface. They are firm in consistency.
TYPES OF KELOIDS
Keloids are a skin lesion that can come in two forms:
Spontaneous keloids
It is a keloid that develops for no apparent reason. This is not due to previous trauma and wound healing. Some scientists claim that in this case we are dealing with microtrauma invisible to the naked eye. Idiopathic keloids are most often located in the breast area.
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| Keloids on female chest |
Secondary keloids
This is a keloid that has developed as a result of burns, mechanical trauma or acne lesions.
Secondary keloids are different from hypertrophic scars. . First, keloids show characteristic proliferation in the lesion rim. Also, keloids are limited to the site of injury. Secondary keloids often occur on the lower and upper limbs, as well as on the auricles. Importantly, no keloids disappear on their own, and also exhibit slow growth characteristics.
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| Keloids on male chest |
TREATMENT OF KELOIDS
These keloids are a type of tumor called innocent tumor. They may turn into malignant tumors after some time that's why treatment is necessary.
Antimony Ointment
Mix 1 gram of antimony sulphide in 100 grams of Vaseline, it will make 1% ointment. Apply on the lesions daily and you will see them regressing. Keep on applying until lesions are gone. It will take approximately one month.
Antimony olive oil
You can also use olive instead of antimony sulphide. Mix antimony sulphide powder in olive oil. 1 or 2 gram in 100 grams of olive oil. It will make 1% or 2% lotion. Use it as above ointment is used.
Every patient on whom these cures were tested benefitted from it. This was an excellent home made remedy
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| Keloid on hand |
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