The back and forth struggle is real. I've been seeing a plastic surgeon consistently for 6 months. Every 6 weeks, I've been getting steroid injections. It's a slow and painful process, but I'm seeing and feeling the difference it's making. My keloids aren't as itchy. They've become softer as well.
My doctor puts a topical anesthetic cream on scar before she injects it with triamcinolone acetonide (steroid). It burns like hell, but the cream helps a little bit. Before, we would inject the anesthetic into my keloids at the same time as the steroid, and although that was less painful the scar was getting less medicine. If you have keloids, you know how hard and robust keloids are. It's very difficult to penetrate even with a needle so there's little room for the steroid to squeeze it's way in. By using the topical anesthetic cream, we're leaving more room for the steroid to make it's way in the keloid (because that's the good stuff---the more the merrier especially with a difficult scare like mine).
Here's a picture of what the cream:
LIDOCAINE and PRILOCAINE Cream (it's the same stuff dentists use)
I had to wait 10 minutes for the numbing to take effect.
40 mg! That's the strong stuff.
My doctor also prescribed a medical tape to put over my scars. I change them twice a day. Once in the morning, and then again before I go to sleep. It's annoying but I'm willing to try anything...
