"Plasma IQ is a brand of plasma pen equipment," said Nellange. "Plasma IQ can be used for various treatments; the most common ones are to remove old scar tissue and to tighten up loose skin. It's ...

Keloids constitute an abnormal fibroproliferative wound healing response in which raised scar tissue grows excessively and invasively beyond the original wound borders. This review provides a ...

Q: My 14-year-old son recently had a keloid scar removed from the crease of his neck for the third time and had it radiated for the second time. Should I have consulted with more than one radiologi… ...

Gene may open door for improved keloid, scar treatment Date: January 23, 2015 Source: Henry Ford Health System Summary: A gene that may offer a better understanding of how keloid scars develop has ...

A study explores the microbiome of keloids, which are treatment-resistant raised scars. Bacteria may play a role in keeping the body stuck at an earlier stage in the wound healing sequence ...

Furthermore, fibroblasts isolated from keloids and hypertrophic scars have different mRNA transcription sequences -- keloids have an increased ratio of type I to type III collagen. [12] ...