Keloids constitute an abnormal fibroproliferative wound healing response in which raised
scar tissue grows excessively and invasively beyond the original wound borders. This …

Understanding wound healing today involves much more than simply stating that there are
three phases: inflammation, proliferation, and maturation. Wound healing is a complex …

Keloids are considered as benign fibroproliferative skin tumors growing beyond the site of
the original dermal injury. Although traditionally viewed as a form of skin scarring, keloids …

Management of incisional scar is intimately connected to stages of wound healing. The
management of an elective surgery patient begins with a thorough informed consent …

Hypoxia and hypoxia signalling through the transcription factor hypoxia inducible factor-1
(HIF-1), play an important role in normal tissue repair processes. Tissue injury generally …

Keloids are locally aggressive scars that typically invade into healthy surrounding skin and
cause both physical and psychosocial distress to the patient. These pathological scars occur …

Keloids exhibit metabolic reprogramming including enhanced glycolysis and attenuated
oxidative phosphorylation. Hypoxia induces a series of protective responses in mammalian …

Keloid scarring, also known as keloid disease (KD), is a common, abnormally raised
fibroproliferative cutaneous lesion that can occur following even minor skin trauma. The …

Keloids represent a form of pathologic wound healing affecting a substantial segment of the
US population. They are more common among African-American, Asian-American, Latin …

Hypertrophic scars and keloids are firm, raised, erythematous plaques or nodules that
manifest when the cicatrix fails to properly heal. They result from pathologic wound healing …