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Prevention could include:

Avoid Skin Piercing

Avoid Elective Skin Surgery

Preventive measures include avoiding any trauma to the skin, and compression pressure dressing for high-risk patients who have suffered burns to their skin. Patients with a tendency to form keloids should avoid any sort of elective surgery.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Keloids

You can prevent discoloration from sun exposure by covering the forming keloid with a patch or Band-Aid, and by using sunblock when spending time in the sun. Continue these extra protection measures for at least 6 months after injury or surgery fo...

Source:ADAM

Date:October 3, 2008

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