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Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars

There are many well-known risk factors for keloids and hypertrophic scars (HTS) including ethnicity, family history, and history of previous keloids or HTS. An association, which has been previously observed, exists between pregnancy and growth and worsening of keloid and HTS. This association is le...

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Autores principales: Ibrahim, Nada E, Shaharan, Shazrinizam, Dheansa, Baljit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489566
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12154
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description There are many well-known risk factors for keloids and hypertrophic scars (HTS) including ethnicity, family history, and history of previous keloids or HTS. An association, which has been previously observed, exists between pregnancy and growth and worsening of keloid and HTS. This association is less well known amongst physicians and less documented in the literature. In this paper we discuss two cases of extreme worsening of keloid scars during pregnancy. We have also witnessed the transformation of a pre-existing scar into a keloid scar during puberty. We attribute this to the hormonal effects of pregnancy and puberty hormones which could potentially trigger the growth of pre-existing keloids and HTS. This may have an impact on many patients and we therefore recommend women and girls who have keloid and hypertrophic scarring be made aware of this potential effect.
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spelling pubmed-78135232021-01-22 Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars Ibrahim, Nada E Shaharan, Shazrinizam Dheansa, Baljit Cureus Dermatology There are many well-known risk factors for keloids and hypertrophic scars (HTS) including ethnicity, family history, and history of previous keloids or HTS. An association, which has been previously observed, exists between pregnancy and growth and worsening of keloid and HTS. This association is less well known amongst physicians and less documented in the literature. In this paper we discuss two cases of extreme worsening of keloid scars during pregnancy. We have also witnessed the transformation of a pre-existing scar into a keloid scar during puberty. We attribute this to the hormonal effects of pregnancy and puberty hormones which could potentially trigger the growth of pre-existing keloids and HTS. This may have an impact on many patients and we therefore recommend women and girls who have keloid and hypertrophic scarring be made aware of this potential effect. Cureus 2020-12-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7813523/ /pubmed/33489566 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12154 Text en Copyright © 2020, Ibrahim et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
title Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
title_full Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
title_fullStr Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
title_full_unstemmed Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
title_short Adverse Effects of Pregnancy on Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars
title_sort adverse effects of pregnancy on keloids and hypertrophic scars
topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7813523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33489566
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.12154
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