What is keloid scar?

Keloids are the excess growth of scar tissue at the site of a healed skin injury. Keloids are firm, rubbery lesions or shiny, fibrous nodules, and can vary from pink to flesh-coloured or red to dark brown in color.

How do members experience keloid scar?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with keloid scar*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for keloid scar*

Who has keloid scar on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 6
30s 18
40s 20
50s 20
60s 14
70+ 9

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 34
Female 54

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What is keloid scar?

Keloids are the excess growth of scar tissue at the site of a healed skin injury. Keloids are firm, rubbery lesions or shiny, fibrous nodules, and can vary from pink to flesh-coloured or red to dark brown in color.



Common symptoms reported by people with keloid scar

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for keloid scar

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Compare treatments taken by people with keloid scar

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have keloid scar through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with keloid scar? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has keloid scar on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 40 say keloid scar is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 6
30s 18
40s 20
50s 20
60s 14
70+ 9

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 34
Female 54

These charts show data from keloid scar patients who have completed their condition history
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