What is a Keloid?

• Keloid is a raised scar formed after an injury has healed.
• Keloid is caused by the synthesis of excess amounts of protein (collagen) in the skin during healing.
• Keloids are often lumpy and unaesthetic.
• The scar rises after an injury has healed, such as a surgical incision or acne.

What is Ear Pinna Keloid?

• Pinna is the outer part of your ear.
• Ear Pinna Keloids are among the most challenging plastic surgery conditions and have a significant psychosocial impact on the patient.
• We offer various treatment options for the management of ear pinna Keloids, such as:
• Surgical excision
• Intralesional corticosteroid injections
• Laser therapy
• Cryotherapy
• Radiotherapy
• Pressure therapy
• Therapy with antitumor or immunosuppressive agents.

What is the Procedure for Pinna Keloid Excision?

Steps in Surgical Excision:

• Administration of local anesthesia.
• An incision in the skin, following the margin of the Keloid.
• Excision of Keloid along with some amount of surrounding normal tissue.
• Some amount of surrounding normal tissue is removed to avoid relapse of Keloid.
• Subsequent suturing the fillet flap. (Hence the surgical is also known as fillet flap surgery)
• The wound will be treated once daily with topical antibiotics.
• Suture removal will be done after one week.

What to expect after Ear Keloid Excision Surgery?

• Immediately after surgery, the doctor places a sterile bandage over the wound.
• Healing begins within seven days after surgery, and complete recovery may take up to one year.
• Suture removal is done after 7 to 8 days.

RECURRENCE:

Ear Keloids may reappear after surgery, called recurrence.

• The recurrence rate is high for Keloid scars.
• Combinations of Surgical excision with adjuvant therapies like Radiotherapy and Intralesional corticosteroid injections have shown promising results with minimal recurrence.

Why should you choose us for Earlobe Keloid Management?

• Earlobe Keloid treatment is challenging, especially in recurrent lesions (which comes back even after treatment)
• Our suggested treatment protocol is easy to perform and cost-effective, with an acceptably low recurrence rate.
• Complications are infrequent in our surgical protocol, and even if complications arise, they can be treated efficiently and effectively.
• The adjuvant postoperative Intralesional corticosteroid injection we use is tolerated and avoids local steroid injections' possible adverse reactions.
• Furthermore, we have achieved high subjective patient satisfaction, which may be challenging to accomplish in such stubborn recurrent Keloids, especially at locations that are difficult to treat, such as earlobes.