Conference Coverage

VIDEO: Tips, tricks, and pearls for keloid scar steroid injections


 

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– What are the best ways to avoid atrophy when treating keloid scars with steroid injections? When should a keloid be treated with smaller amounts, but with a stronger steroid concentration? What is the most effective way to avoid precipitation in the syringe?

The answers to these questions – along with other tips, tricks, and pearls for treating keloids, both in patients with skin of color and those with white skin – are provided by Temitayo Ogunleye, MD, of the department of dermatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, in a video interview at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

Dr. Ogunleye had no relevant disclosures.

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