| 21. | Care providers commonly report improvements, however, and pressure therapy has been effective in treating ear keloids.
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| 22. | Pressure therapy following surgical excision has shown promising results, especially in keloids of the ear and earlobe.
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| 23. | He explained that the best candidates are those with fair skin that isn't prone to keloid scarring.
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| 24. | Like keloids, they form most often at the sites of pimples, body piercings, cuts and burns.
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| 25. | Keloid scars _ a reddish growth of collagen _ develop more easily on that part of the body, said Odlend.
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| 26. | Darker skin is more susceptible to scarring, which explains why African Americans have more problems with keloids, he said.
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| 27. | Surgical excision of hypertrophic or keloid scars is often associated to other methods, such as pressotherapy or silicone gel sheeting.
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| 28. | The cartilage around it will form keloid scars, which she said hang from the ears similar to the jewelry put there.
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| 29. | In a keloid, the process continues long after the wound is covered over, and the scar can become quite large.
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| 30. | Hypertrophic scars remain within the original margins of the wound, whereas keloid scars can form scar tissue outside of these borders.
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