Keloid scars, methods of their treatment remain an open topic in medicine, requiring further study and new inventions in the field of drugs. Indeed, it has not yet been established what exactly is a factor in the degeneration of the scar. Therefore, there is no medicine that affects the very cause of the proliferation of connective tissue of a healing wound.
Immunologists and endocrinologists, genetics, dermatologists and surgeons make their contribution to the study of processes that form gross scars on the human body. But there is no single opinion indicating a true reason that triggers the formation of an altered structure of connective tissue.
Keloid scars differ from normotrophic ones in that they acquire the appearance of a pathological formation, often cyanotic. For the pathological development of the scar, the size of the skin lesions does not matter. Connective tissue grows both at the site of a long surgical incision and at the point of piercing or insect bite. According to statistics, in younger people, the frequency of keloid formation is higher.
The most rare and mysterious cases associated with the growth of the skin is the formation of destructive tissue without preliminary damage, cut, puncture, burn.
Keloid scars begin their development about a month after the injury. While by the end of the first year of wound healing, the normal scar stops growing, the keloid formation can continue to grow. Scar tissue remains unstable for many years.
Pathological scars always cover a larger surface than there was preliminary damage. The blue color of the connective tissue has not changed for decades, the surface remains tuberous, sometimes with a claw-like relief. In addition to a clear cosmetic defect, keloid scars cause pain periodically, burning sensation, as well as itching, can occur.
A claw-shaped scar is called young up to 5 years. Then he goes into the category of old keloid scars, begins to fade, wrinkle. Just on how old the scars are, the course of treatment depends.
With an established tendency to form pathological skin growths after wounds, due attention should be paid to preventive measures in cases of injury. The possibility of degeneration of connective tissue is reduced to zero with timely contact for help from a dermatologist.
It is not recommended in the rehabilitation period after the operation to carry out any extrusion of the contents of the swollen suture, use active agents such as celandine, sunbathe, steam in a sauna or bath, use drugs without a doctor's prescription. Such actions can adversely affect the keloid scar. Treatment is complicated by uncontrolled growths that are not amenable to conservative effects.
After the diagnosis of keloid masses, surgery is extremely rare.
A gentle way to treat pathological scars is cryotherapy and radiation technique. It must be remembered that a side effect of cryotherapy is a violation of the formation of skin pigment. Laser therapy has adverse effects on the general condition of the body.
The most popular treatment for scar growths that modern doctors resort to is physiotherapy. Electrophoresis, ultrasound or phonophoresis with the addition of drugs, for example, Krapina, is used to resorb the altered connective tissue.
In the production of caripain, papaya juice is used, rich in an enzyme that breaks down the protein found in keloid zones.
Removal of keloid scars consists in their surgical excision with a scalpel, in plastic surgery. Good aesthetic results are obtained after applying a special chemical peeling. The latest scar removal technology includes the technique of applying silicone plates.