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Keloid Causes
Health Encyclopedia: Keloids
Keloids are an overgrowth of scar tissue at the site of a healed skin injury.
Alternative Names
Hypertrophic scar; Keloid scar; Scar - hypertrophic
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Keloids occur from such skin injuries as surgical incisions, traumatic wounds, vaccination sites, burns,
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