Time to Change the Paradigm: Keloid Disorder as a Systemic Disease
Youbin Wang MD
Article Type: Conference AbstractWatch the presentation
BACKGROUND
Keloid is a skin disorder secondary to skin injury or inflammation. It often occurs in the face, chest, shoulder and ear and manifests as one or multiple local tumors. Many pathogenies have been proposed and far more methods have been used in keloid treatment. Acknowledging pathologic background of this disease may influence treatment strategy and results.
CONCLUSION
Based on these results, we think that keloid may not be a local disease, but a skin manifest of a system disorder. Methods should be explored which can re-balance the disordered system to reduce keloid recurrence.
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