{"id":1870,"date":"2023-05-23T13:49:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T17:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.fm1.dev\/?page_id=1870"},"modified":"2023-07-05T13:54:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:54:27","slug":"debunking-common-myths-about-keloids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/debunking-common-myths-about-keloids\/","title":{"rendered":"Debunking Common Myths About Keloids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<details class=\"wp-block-fuel-fuel-toggle-block toggle\" id=\"ax9ihcd1ij8by4v6z79sxf\"><summary>Myth: Keloids are the same as hypertrophic scars.<\/summary><div class=\"toggle-content\">\n<p>Fact: While keloids and hypertrophic scars may look similar, they are different. Keloids are characterized by an overgrowth of tissue that extends beyond the borders of the original wound, while hypertrophic scars stay within the boundaries of the wound. In addition, hypertrophic scars usually go away or improve without treatment within six months, whereas keloids do not.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-fuel-fuel-toggle-block toggle\" id=\"7g0wb39dkmi297yiufxx1n\"><summary>Myth: Keloids only affect people with dark skin.<\/summary><div class=\"toggle-content\">\n<p>Fact: Keloids can affect anyone, regardless of skin color, including individuals with albinism. However, studies have shown that keloids are more common in people with darker skin tones.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-fuel-fuel-toggle-block toggle\" id=\"8zt8gcxw4vckffddsigiwb\"><summary>Myth: There are keloid treatments with no risk of recurrence.<\/summary><div class=\"toggle-content\">\n<p>Fact: There are multiple therapies used to treat keloids. However, there are no approved keloid-specific treatments, and all therapies can lead to recurrence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-fuel-fuel-toggle-block toggle\" id=\"85vh97njhhf57jqe6amurj\"><summary>Myth: Cutting off a keloid will make it go away.<\/summary><div class=\"toggle-content\">\n<p>Fact: Removing a keloid surgically can make it grow back even larger than before. Keloids should never be treated with surgery alone. Surgery should be combined with other treatment options such as corticosteroid injections, radiation therapy, or pressure therapy to reduce the risk of recurrence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-fuel-fuel-toggle-block toggle\" id=\"9473ckwx4egn2yttounuy\"><summary>Myth: Keloids are contagious.<\/summary><div class=\"toggle-content\">\n<p>Fact: Keloids are not contagious and cannot be spread from one person to another. They are the result of an overgrowth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/details>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"content-cta\">Contact Keloid Academy for more information.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"class_list":["post-1870","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keloidacademy.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=1870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}