켈로이드 Keloid

Keloids are fibrous scars that result from a variety of factors causing skin damage. Botulinum toxin, especially the most widely utilized serotype A, is used for many purposes in both medical and aesthetic practices. Numerous studies indica…

Keloids represent an abnormal scarring process characterized by excessive collagen proliferation beyond the original wound boundaries. Auricular keloids following otoplasty pose unique clinical challenges due to their high recurrence rate a…

 To evaluate the possibility of improving and preventing the formation of postoperative hypertrophic and keloid scars using botulinum toxin type A (BTA).  Scientific articles published in English have been systematically screened in PubMed…

[OBJECTIVE] Cleft lip repair (CLR) can be complicated by hypertrophic scar or keloid. Botulinum toxin type A (BTA) may improve postoperative scarring by reducing muscle tension and cytokine activity at the scar site. This systematic review …

Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic auto-inflammatory vasculitis. The clinical pictures of BD involve the skin and mucosal membranes such as oral and genital ulcers, ocular lesions, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, muscular, nervous system…

[BACKGROUND] Intralesional corticosteroid administration (ICA) is a first-line keloid treatment. However, it faces significant variability in current clinical and scientific practice, which hinders comparability of treatment results. [OBJE…

[BACKGROUND] Botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) is widely utilized in the management of hypertrophic and keloid scars. One proposed mechanism for scar prevention involves the inhibition of fibroblast migration in scars by BoNT-A. However, the data …

[BACKGROUND] Ear keloids are pathologic scar hyperplasia in the ear region. The most therapeutic approach was surgical shave excision with radiation therapy. However, radiation therapy is easily delivered to healthy surrounding tissues. In …

An unusually projecting human ear is known as a prominent ear, otapostasis, or bat ear. It might be both bilateral and unilateral. The scapha and antihelix of the big concha are not well formed. It is the outcome of cartilage deformity that…

[BACKGROUND] This case report highlights a rare instance of concurrent keloid and epidermal cyst development at an ear cartilage harvest site following rhinoplasty in a 25-year-old woman. Both conditions, which typically stem from skin trau…

[BACKGROUND] Protruding ears are the most common auricular abnormalities seen in children (1). Protruding ears are a condition that has social and psychological consequences due to its physical appearance and one of the main causes of peer …

Keloid is a burdensome condition that negatively affects patient's quality of life. It is influenced by a spectrum of risk factors, including tension. We propose an approach to address the tension-free closure and optimize surgical outcomes…

Auricular reconstruction remains a challenging procedure, requiring a high degree of manual dexterity and attention to detail in order to reconstruct the complex three-dimensional geometry of the ear successfully. Most techniques will rely …

[OBJECTIVE] To study the prevalence of complications in patients who have undergone cartilage sparing otoplasty. [METHODS] On December 26, 2021, the authors searched 8 databases using the search term "(otoplasty) AND (cartilage sparing OR …

[INTRODUCTION] Pachydermoperiostosis (PDP), or primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, is a rare autosomal dominant disease with primary clinical features of pachydermia (thickening of skin) and periostosis (new bone formation). Keloid scar …

Hypertrophic scars (HTS) and keloids are pathologic scars that are products of a wound healing pathway error attributed to genetic and inflammatory causes (Leventhal et al., Arch Facial Plast Surg 8(6):362-368. https://doi.org/10.1001/archf…

Background The facial nerve plays a crucial role in innervating the motor supply of facial muscles, enabling essential facial expressions that facilitate human communication. Defects or damages to this nerve can have significant consequence…

Keloids occur after cutaneous injury and can cause distress due to physical appearance and associated symptoms such as pain and pruritus. Keloid-associated pruritus is a common manifestation and has negative impacts on quality of life. The …

[BACKGROUND] Eyelid surgeries are common operations performed for both cosmetic and functional purposes. Because the periorbital region is highly visible, it is important to avoid poor scar formation in this cosmetically sensitive region. N…