Outcomes Associated With Combination Shaving and Cryosurgery Treatment in Patients With Keloid Scars

JAMA Dermatol. 2022 Aug 1;158(8):956-958. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.2207.

Authors

Manon Artz¹, Alexandra Trimaille¹, Anne Labouche², Nathalie Kerfant¹, Laurent Misery^{2

3}, Weiguo Hu^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France.
² Department of Dermatology, University Hospital of Brest, Brest, France.
³ University Brest, LIEN, Brest, France.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses whether shaving of the keloid scar followed by cryosurgery is associated with decreased scar volume.

MeSH terms

Cicatrix, Hypertrophic* / surgery
Cryosurgery*
Humans
Keloid* / surgery