Keloid scars: Causes - American Academy of Dermatology
2022年8月30日 · In the United States, Black people between the ages of 10 and 30 have the greatest risk of developing a keloid. Researchers continue to study keloids to find out what …
Keloid Scars: Risks, Causes, Prevention, and Treatment - Verywell …
2022年11月12日 · Keloid scars are abnormal scars that grow past the original boundary of a skin injury. African Americans and Hispanics are 15 times more susceptible.
How to Treat Keloids on Black Skin - The Cut
2021年8月23日 · A keloid is a type of raised scar that grows larger than the original wound, often becoming a rounded, solid mass that can be painful, itchy, obstructive, and generally …
Genetics of Keloids in African American
2018年2月27日 · Keloids are characterized by an exaggerated response to injury and a prevalence disparity between African and non-African populations. Keloids occur in ~1/30 …
Keloids and hypertrophic scars - UpToDate
2024年5月1日 · An analysis of data from the United States National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 1990 to 2009 that included 8,550,000 visits for keloids showed that when …
Keloids - Harvard Health
2023年12月4日 · Keloids are more common in African-Americans. They are seen most commonly on the shoulders, upper back and chest, but they can occur anywhere. When a keloid is …
Genetics of Keloid Scarring - Textbook on Scar Management - NCBI Bookshelf
2020年12月8日 · Extensive literature review suggests that there is a strong genetic predisposition for keloid formation as keloid cases have appeared in twins, families, Asian and African …
Keloid Scars - Anthony Griffin MD
African, Hispanic and Asian people are seven times more likely to develop keloids, than Caucasians. African American skin tends to be thicker and more vulnerable to scarring …
Keloids and Hypertophic Scars (Keloid and Hypertrophic Scars)
2019年3月13日 · African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and Mediterranean ethnicities may be at increased risk for keloid and hypertrophic scar formation. The phenomenon of spontaneous …
Current Understanding of the Genetic Causes of Keloid Formation
2017年10月1日 · In contrast to Asian ancestry, admixture mapping performed on an African American cohort identified SNPs within the MYO1E gene, which is near NEDD4 on …