I think my keloid scar was first noticed when I was abou...

1. Guest 13 August 2006 at 19:25PM
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   I think my keloid scar was first noticed when I was about 5 years old on the middle of my chest 3 years after I had chicken pox. I presume it was from chicken pox as I have never had any surgery or an injury in that area.

   I have had hard clay moulds of the keloid taped over it to reduce the growth which had no effect.

   I have had burns vests made to measure but found they were uncomfortable and not suitable for every day use.

   At 16 years of age I began having steroid injections but found them extremely painful and so just used silicone gel for many years.

   Now at the age of 24 I have started having steroid injections again every 6 weeks (having grin and beared the pain) and weraing silicone gel 24 hours a day I have seen results. My scar is less irritating and the redness is going. (I've been having the injections for 2 years now)

   The scar is roughly 6cm long and 5cm high at its widest points.

   The top of the scar is still very active and I just hope it will become dormant one day.

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2. jwillis60 5 May 2012 at 12:33PM

   Hi m8

   Thanks for sharing. yea, the injections really hurt. I remember crying when I had them at 13 and stopped going! But alot older now and like you and just bearing the pain. It does help to flatten the scar though.

   I've been using the silicon gel from Dermatix.

   I find they help alot.

   Emis moderator comment: I removed the link but Dermatix can be found easily by searching Google (or the main Patient site). I removed it as it wasn't displaying correctly due to a known bug which has been reported.

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