Effective treatment for Keloid scarring
Different kinds of Keloid treatments nowadays cannot totally
prevent the growth of scarring tissues, it may stimulate the keloid to
grow back, and may even develop into a bigger keloid. In recent years,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has verified the therapeutic
efficacy of "Cryosurgery" on Keloids treatment, which overcomes the
limitations of traditional and conventional treatment methods.
By damaging cells with the change in temperature, the destroyed
cells will scab and fall off, thereby reducing recurrence rate. In fact,
"Cryosurgery" has already been used in the early 1970s and 1980s to
eliminate Keloids by contacting with liquid nitrogen. Medical
professionals then started to investigate on the application of CryShape
to treat Keloid and scarring tissues.
Process
"Cryosurgery" treatment takes around 10-60 minutes, depending on
the size and location of the keloid. Local anesthesia will be performed
before the treatment. During surgery, the doctor will first insert a
needle into the Keloid, liquid nitrogen of very low temperatures
contained will then be injected. The scar will rapidly decrease in
temperature, causing the cells to crystallize, dehydrate and finally be
frozen and destroyed.
The doctor will stop injecting liquid nitrogen at suitable time
in order to let keloid thaw. After surgery and wound dressing, patients
can return to daily activities without the need of hospitalization.
Under normal circumstances, the wound can be recovered in 2 to 4 weeks
and the destroyed cells will scab and fall off.
Postoperative care
After surgery, patients may experience different levels of pain,
red spots, subcutaneous edema, subcutaneous hemorrhage and
pigmentation, as well as other conditions. Most of these conditions will
completely disappear. Therefore, patients must clean their wounds and
keep them dry in order to prevent infections.
Risk
General surgical risks include sensitive to anesthetics, wound infection etc.
Reference
information: http://keloid.com.hk/cryoshape-english.html
The
information aims to provide educational purpose only. Anyone reading it should
consult Surgery Specialist before considering treatment and should not rely on
the information above
目前醫學界有多種治療瘢瘤的方法，惟未能全面徹底阻止組織增生，復發機會亦較高，容易長出更大的瘢痕。近年獲美國食品藥物管理局（FDA）確認其治療瘢瘤功效的冷凍治療（CryoShape），便能打破以往其他治療方法的限制。
