I’m home guys! I’m feeling pretty good. I was put under general anesthesia so I don’t remember much. I just remember the nurse putting an IV in my arm, being wheeled into a surgical room, feeling really nice because of the drugs, and then the next thing I knew...I was waking up from a super sleepy daze in the recovery room.
The procedure took about 90 minutes. The doctor removed a chest keloid (top) scar removed and also removed a keloid on my right back shoulder. The incision site was also followed up by kenalog (steroid) injections immediately afterwards which is different from my first procedure. The risk of steroid injections after a procedure could affect the healing process, but my doctor thought this strategy outweighed the risks and could keep my wounds from becoming keloids again. They will be keeping a close eye on my wounds, and my follow up appointment is in 2 days.
I don’t think I’ve ever post twice in a day but I wanted to post my “before” pictures.
I haven’t seen my scars after the procedure because they are covered up and I’m not allowed to removed my dressings until 72 hours.
I’ll keep posting and keep this blog updated as much as I can.
Hi! I found your blog sometime last year and came across it again today. I wanted to say hello and thank you for writing this blog. It makes me feel less alone. <3 I've had my keloids since I was about 10 (I'm 31 now), and have done the steroid injections (my keloids seem to be immune to them), chemo injections (made no difference), silicon tape (definitely no difference), surgical removal (bad idea), and cryotherapy (helped to reduce the bulk!). I've been using the Cordran tape for the past year and it definitely keeps my keloids from getting worse. But I hope to try surgical removal again someday with a more experienced doctor.
ReplyDeleteDr. Rei Ogawa in Japan has done a lot of keloid surgeries and this is one of his articles that makes me want to go to Japan and have him treat me, someday, if that's possible... I've just felt that all of the doctors and dermatologists I've been to so far in CA, MA, and NY have the same tricks up their sleeve and nothing new, and don't have experience in radiation therapy. This is one of Dr. Ogawa's papers:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467632/
Anyway, thank you again. I hope you are successful in treating your keloids after this surgery!!
Sending good thoughts from Los Angeles,
-Kathy