A keloid is a type of exaggerated (hypertrophic) scar that usually
appears following an injury or surgery. Keloids may expand beyond
the margin of the scar, including to normal skin.
Review Date: 03/10/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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