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Keloid Scarring
Asked by A.C. from Dallas
on June 22, 2008
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Hello, I have a 2 month old that was delivered by C-section. She is my second daughter and both have been C-sections... last time I got a big fat horrible keloid scar....
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- Hi A., Congrats on the new baby! I have one daughter by C-section, too. We have been using coconut oil for several issues, though scarring is not one. However,...
- I to delivered C-section. I used Mederma religiously rubbing and massaging it in. I did not develop any keloid scarring. I learned about Mederma because of a anothe...
- My OB suggested Curad Scar Therapy. They are gel pads that you put over the scar and they really minimize the scar. You could barely see my scar. I just had another...
Advice on Treatment of Keloid Scar from Cesarean
Asked by N.F. from Reno
on July 24, 2009
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Apparently I have a keloid scar from my first c-sec. I'm going in for c-sec #2 in a few months and figure the next one is bound to be just as bad or worse. I just foun...
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- Hi! I am not sure what a keloid scar is, but my cesarean scar had a thick lump on it that went away when I started eating chinese food herbs. If you are interested i...
- I scar the same way and have had several skin cancer spots, so I have a ton of them. What the docs do now that they know I form keloids is they inject the sucture spot...
- Hi N., I Keloid too. I had abdominal surgery at 19 and got a bikini cut scar that keloided. Many years later I had 2 C-sections. I have railroad tracks because the ...
Piercing Going Wrong!
Asked by S.F. from Tampa
on April 23, 2009
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I had my nose pierced March 27th and I'm going on 4 weeks now. My skin is forming a keloid, wich is a type of scar that results in an overgrowth of tissue at the site ...
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- Hi S., My daughter was told to sqeeze hers then put alcohol on it after she got all the stuff out. It seemed to work it went away, now its fine. A.
- Hot compresses. Take a wash-cloth or a small hand towel, wet it and heat it up in the microwave, apply it to the area to get the puss and infection out. Keep working...
- Hi S., My girlfriend and I went and had our noses pierced at the same time. While mine healed just fine, hers developed the same thing you explained. Because she re...
Any Ideas About a Painful Lump Right Above C-section Incision?
Asked by Z.C. from Denver
on January 17, 2010
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I had an emergency C section about 5 weeks ago. It hasn't been infected (my incision is still closed and intact) but noticed a lump directly above/along the upper, lef...
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- I've now had two c-sections (the second 18 weeks ago) and had the same thing. I actually thought I had a hernia after my first one. The doctor said it was just scar ...
- I had this too but I was still in the hospital and it turned out to be blood clots in my incision that they drained and I was already on heparin so I just stayed on th...
- Z., I am not sure what it could be, but I do have a keloid and I can tell you mine was never painful. My WHOLE incision is one giant keloid and I have never had pai...
Those of Us Different from 'Normal'
Asked by S.H. from Charlotte
on July 8, 2011
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She verbalized it when she was three: we saw a man with a grapefruit size keloid behind his ear. "Mom- look at his ear!" Publicly and loudly. Oh how i felt for that ma...
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- I certainly understand where you are coming from and as parent's it is something that we all go through. The first time my daughter noticed someone different, she lou...
- I remind my 5 YO daughter constantly that everyone is different. So when those situations arise - and they often do - I will squat down to her level and wisper in...
- Children are so innocent and pure. My son & daughter have surprised me so many times with their observations of others. Sometimes in very awkward moments. They don'...
Pierced Ear Has a Ball Forming Behind Ear
Asked by L.V. from Dallas
on March 12, 2008
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Well.. my daughter had gotten her ears pierced back in january and i kept those earrings in and then yesterday i thought since its been more than 6 weeks that it would...
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- To me it sounds like it's forming into a keloid scar. I had the same problem when I first got my ears pierced at 12 years old. Some people are more prone to keloid sca...
- i get those around my own pierced ears a lot, my ears are sensitive. usually it goes away it a week or so, i just try to keep it clean & i always use, sterling silver ...
- My then 9 month old had the same thing, and you are right, it is sort of like a pimple. As the others have said, keep it cleaned and keep the earring in. Make sure t...
C- Section Scar
Asked by A.K. from Phoenix
on June 17, 2011
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My youngest son will be 17 mos. in a week (3rd kid). My scar has been itching so bad this week! It has never itched this far out w/ the other 2. Any one else have this...
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- I had tingling, sharp pains, and itching up to a year after both of my c-sections. My OB told me that was normal.
- My latest c-scar is 21 months tomorrow and still itches quite frequently. and the one before that did sometimes too for 10 years! Mine keloid scarred so is really ba...
- Yes, my c-section scar itched on and off for close to 3 years. That part of my body has not seen the light of day in forever! :)
Anyone Have Any Experience with a Giant Cell Granuloma...?
Asked by M.P. from Los Angeles
on January 22, 2009
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Hi Mamas:
My sweet 5 year old daughter has been diagnosed with a giant cell granuloma on her gum. It is a benign tumor (thank God!), but is the agressive type. She ha...
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- This is not what you want to hear-but, sometimes we all need tough love. Be glad it is benign, because the alternative is hell. i know, my son had a malignant brain ...
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- I am not sure if this would help, but you could try logging onto the website for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and look there for information on that type o...
Numbness After C Section - 5 Years Later
Asked by S.L. from Chicago
on October 12, 2010
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Hi, I had a c section 5.5 years ago and 3 years ago and have had permanent numbness since then. I went and saw several doctors and specialists to see what had caused t...
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- I only have numbness where the incision was made. It doesn't bother me at all. My children are now 10 and 8 years old.
- Can't be how the baby was sitting, or you would have been numb through pregnancy! I also had this with my first, and also had a keloid (sp?) scar. Between my belly b...
- I have not had it to that extreme, but I am still numb along the center of my incision - probably about an inch square total. I've been told this was normal, but it s...
Plastic Surgery??
Asked by K.L. from Washington DC
on March 11, 2012
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About a year ago I went to a dermatologist (one I'd never been to before but my husband goes there). I had them remove a weird mole from my shoulder. It was gross an...
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- Go to a plastic surgeon. Derms love to shave it off and say it'll heal fine but I always had it leave a gross scar. A plastic surgeon will tell you if he can fix it de...
- I would definitely call the first dermatologist and have htem look. Vanity aside, why is it itching? Ruling out other health issues with the scar would be my first pri...
- I would start by going to a new dermatologist and see what they say. They can tell you if it was not removed properly, why it is itching, etc. And they should be abl...
