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ORLANDO (FRONTLINE MEDICAL NEWS) – It may be time to start considering new options for treating keloids, according to Amy McMichael, MD, professor of dermatology at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C.
At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology, Dr. McMichael discussed one of the highlights of the annual symposium of the Skin of Color Society, held right before the annual meeting, a presentation by Michael Tirgan, MD, who has treated patients with keloids for about 10 years.
Dr. Tirgan , an oncologist based in New York, has a large database and registry of patients and shared some interesting data at the symposium. “What he’s found is that those who come with the supermassive and massive keloids are those who have had the most surgery on their keloid,” Dr. McMichael said in a video interview at the meeting.
His findings shed light on what she described as “a new perspective in the way that we think about keloids” and a new approach to treatment – considering keloids as tumors – not just a scar.
Dr. McMichael had no relevant disclosures.
