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Dear Doctor, My daughter is suffering from keloid on earlobe due to piercing. She has undergone 3 surgeries but it is reoccurring .I have heard about cryotherapy as a cure. Pls advice if you have successfully treated a keloid with this treatment. Pls suggest and adviceRegards.
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Thanks for asking Keloid have tendency of recurrence of excised yes cryo 4 weekly can be done to shrink it but slight painful though or steroids inj can b done. Freeze thaw cycles of 15 seconds each at four weekly intervals for six sessions can flatten greater than 75%of keloid.
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