Cultural Perspectives on Healingkeloid scar
What is a keloid scar?
In this video, Dr Joseph Shalhoub explains how keloid scars develop, and the group of people that are more prone to develop a keloid scar.
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A keloid scar is when the healing process is not as you expect it to be. A wound normally heals within the confines of the incision that is made or the cut that is made. A keloid Keloid scar is one where the healing process extends beyond the margins which the incision was originally made. This can often be the case where in patients of different ethnicities, for example patients with dark coloured skin may be more prone to keloid scarring.
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