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Keloid (Pathological Scar)

Keloid is a red-purple colored, itchy and non-shrinking pathological scar that exceeds the original wound boundaries as a result of TGF-β1 overexpression, fibroblast proliferation and apoptosis imbalance and uncontrolled accumulation of type I and type III collagen during the healing process after skin injury; It is the most common irchitic dermatological condition between the ages of 10-30, with an incidence of 16% in individuals of African origin and 0.09% in whites.