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PHOENIX, ARIZ. -- A key challenge in the treatment of keloids is keeping them off once they have been removed--but earlobe keloids are typically the easiest to treat, and recurrence rates are exceptionally low with the use of radiation following surgery, Dr. Hilary E. Baldwin said at a clinical dermatology conference sponsored by Medicis.
Surgical options for removing keloids vary according to the size, location, and shape of the lesion, and postsurgical techniques are key to preventing recurrence: With no postoperative treatment, recurrence rates with surgery range from 50% to 100%. Use of steroids, however, can reduce the recurrence rate to less than 50%, and with radiation therapy, the rate...
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