Keloids Treatment: What Options Are Available?
For the 10 percent of the population that suffers from keloids, finding an effective treatment option can often feel like a challenge. Traditional treatment options are limited in truly removing a keloid and keeping the keloid from forming again. Dr. Posten, board-certified dermatologist and Mohs surgeon at Advanced Dermatology Associates, frequently works with patients who […]
What is Keloid Disease?
When you get a cut, a piercing, or even a bug bite, a scar can be a sign that our body is healing. But, for more than 150 million people around the world, what starts as a scar can grow into a skin condition known as keloid disease. By medical definition, keloids are overgrowth of […]
Innovative Approaches to Treating Keloids: How Sensus Healthcare is Leading the Way
Keloids, those stubborn raised scars that often develop after skin injury or surgery, have long posed a treatment challenge in dermatology. They not only cause physical discomfort but can also significantly impact one’s self-esteem. Traditional treatment options like surgery, corticosteroid injections, and laser therapy have shown limited effectiveness and sometimes come with adverse side effects. […]
Superficial Radiotherapy: The Perfect Option for Treating Keloids
Keloids are a type of abnormal scar that appears as a raised, thickened area of skin. They form when the body produces too much collagen while healing from an injury or incision. While keloids are not harmful, they can be unsightly and even uncomfortable. They can also cause emotional distress for those who have them, […]
Superficial Radiotherapy: A Brief Introduction
Superficial radiotherapy (SRT) is a type of radiation therapy that uses low-energy X-rays to treat skin conditions. It is called “superficial” because the radiation only penetrates the top layer of the skin, which makes it an effective treatment for skin cancers and other skin conditions that are located on or near the surface of the […]
SRT Effectively Addresses NMSC, Keloids
Superficial radiation therapy (SRT) greatly reduces keloid recurrence rates and, for keratinocytic skin cancers, provides short-term cure rates similar to those in previous SRT research and of surgical options including Mohs surgery, Brian Berman, MD, PhD, told Dermatology Times®.Using ultrasound-based image guidance may improve nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) out- comes, added Berman, Professor Emeritus of […]
Single Dose of SRT To Treat Recurrence After Surgical Excision: An In Vitro & In Vivo Study
A new study on Superficial Radio Therapy (SRT) shows that a single dose can be used to treat recurrence of keloid scarring after surgical excision. This study was conducted on fifteen patients with 20 untreated keloids in various anatomic locations. The results proved successful outcomes of 90%+ . The full study is attached.
Advancing Keloid Treatment: A Novel Multimodal Approach to Ear Keloids
Michael E. Jones, MD,* Jennifer McLane, FNP,* Rachael Adenegan, FNP-C,* JoAnne Lee, PA-BC,*, and Christine A. Ganzer, PMHNP, PhD† BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Management of keloids of the pinna, in particular, those located in the helix and antihelix and lobule that occur as complications of ear piercing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective analysis of 49 patients treated with extralesional […]
