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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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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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author | Ibrahim, Nada E Shaharan, Shazrinizam Dheansa, Baljit |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Dermatology Ibrahim, Nada E Shaharan, Shazrinizam Dheansa, Baljit 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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