Piercing keloid
A Keloid is a raised scar that is larger than a normal wound. These bump scars develop through an excessively healing response by the skin. Over time these soft scars become raised, sizable, and painful. They extend beyond the area of injury and distinguish them from more common types of scars. Keloid scars are difficult to fade.
Keloid scars cannot fade without any proper treatment. They can affect your self-esteem.
Symptoms and Causes
Symptoms of a keloid scar:
1. A raised scar that is larger than the original wound that caused it.
2. You may feel itchy on your skin because of this scar.
3. As the scar grows, you may feel burning and tenderness around the area of pain.
4. In some cases, a large scar can also affect your ability to movement, especially if it is around a joint in your body.
How Keloid wound Looks like
A keloid wound can grow anywhere on your skin or body. the most common notice places are Abdomen, Back, Chest, Ear, Nose, etc
Because each person's body is naturally different from another person's. So, keloids can appear to you in different shapes, sizes, textures, and colors. So these marks can be easily identified based on these points.
1. You can find them in these shapes: round, oval, oblong, and square.
2. They are raised from the surface of the surrounding skin.
3. Pink, red, or purple, Brown, or darker than the original skin color. In some cases the edges of the mark are dark and the color in the middle is lighter.
4. It can be of any size, small or large.
5. Can be hard (hard) or soft (light), Smooth and shiny or wrinkled.
The appearance of a keloid depends on how the body heals the wound and how the skin reacts. Here are some pictures to help you understand the keloid wound.
Cause of keloid scars
When our body is injured or has a wound, our body produces collagen, which is a natural protein. It gives your skin strength and support so that your skin can heal again. But in some cases, the protein is produced in excessive amounts, which causes a keloid scar.