While hypertrophic and keloid scars may both look raised and firm, they are different— and one can't turn into the other. Hypertrophic scars develop within an injury or wound location ...

The proliferative phase occurs during the first few months, and pharmaceutical intervention can help to decrease the risk of aesthetically disfiguring hypertrophic or keloid scars, thereby ...

Corticosteroid Injection. Used only for hypertrophic scars or keloids, a series of injections with medicinal steroids may shrink an inflamed raised scar. Any Baylor Medicine Dermatologist can inject a ...