For those who does not know what is a keloid? It is the abnormal excess production of collagen which occurs when your skin repairs itself when you are bruised. It occurs when you are badly injured but not every person's wound will grow into a keloid. So i heard that if i undergo a surgery there is a chance that it will grow back even bigger. I definitely would not take a chance. Steroid injection into keloid help for some people but it is very painful. The Keloid is swollen and pains like hell which is what i heard. So, i searched for home remedies instead. I found so many. I somehow chose iodine after reading many positive reviews on it. I decided to give it a try. Does it hurt?? HELL yes it does.. but its not expensive. I know i am crazy but i like doing stuffs myself rather than paying big money for someone who would do the same thing the same way i did. i usually spread a thin layer of cotton on it and apply iodine with the dropper. The reason is so that the iodine is absorbed into the keloid because it is liquid, Painting it with the iodine will work probably but will take a lot of time for you to see any results. I have been doing it for a year now. i did see some improvements. But if i applied religiously.. i probably would have had better results. i totally skipped days sometimes months.. it is in a place where it is very visible so you would to be careful. You can always put a medical tape on it. All depends on how comfortable you are with it.
Well, first let me explain to you what happen when you apply the iodine. The keloid gets dark and swollen. It does look bad but don't freak out. The skin on it will come out. It will be pinkish and softer. It will be sensitive but wait for a couple of days and then do the same procedure again. Basically what you are doing is, you are peeling it. And you should be asking why iodine and not acids like glycolic, or others available at the saloon. Because keloid is grown when you have a deficiency of iodine in your body. If you do some research you will find it. Some people take iodine orally but it is not advisable unless recommended by your doctor. I would rather put the iodine on my skin rather than distributing it in my whole body.
But yes this thing works if you are really want to get rid of that ugly keloid and not spend too much money.
I bought a derma roller as i mention in my previous post about fake rollers. I tried it on the keloid. I feel like its working. I was very aggressive with it because my derma roller is not a good one as i mentioned. but i injured the keloid and it peeled off and it seems to be a bit flatter now. However, i cant say much, i am waiting for my other derma roller to come so i can tell you if its really working or not.
The pictures below shows my keloid after approximately 9 months of applying iodine. I think there has been great improvements. I will stick with the roller now and see if it works better than iodine. You will see on my picture on one side its dark as it was more raised and i injured it so it will peel off. it seems flatter but has not peel off yet.. i will keep updating you about it.. i know the keloid looks larger in the recent picture but believe me it is flatter that the one on t
he left side.
This picture is from 2009, and that is how my keloid used to look like before any treatment with iodine. May be pictures do not really show big difference between the before and after pic but it has really shrank. i think may it would been smaller if i was not lazy and would apply it religiously. but well i am happy that it went down and now i can actually conceal it with foundation.
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(July 1st, 2013)( only 2-3 times application of iodine in more than 3
months, no big improvement, but does look flatter to me) The picture with a pink shirt is the most recent pic of my keloid (Feb 28, 2014). something wrong with the blog, i am unable to put the pictures in the correct order. i apologize for that. |
