Keloid Treatment in Skin of Color: New Techniques & Pearls from the Experts
Depending on your comfort level with treating scars, you may feel hesitation when taking on treatment for patients with keloids – especially those with skin of color. We all know keloids are more common in skin of color and we have most likely all treated these patients. But how can we improve patient outcomes and limit side effects?
During the 2020 Skin of Color Update, Drs. Maritza Pere …
Depending on your comfort level with treating scars, you may feel hesitation when taking on treatment for patients with keloids – especially those with skin of color. We all know keloids are more common in skin of color and we have most likely all treated these patients. But how can we improve patient outcomes and limit side effects?
During the 2020 Skin of Color Update, Drs. Maritza Pere … Continue reading "Keloid Treatment in Skin of Color: New Techniques & Pearls from the Experts"
Although this may be a big assumption, I would venture to guess that training in the management of keloids has, for many residents, consisted primarily of topical and intralesional therapies—namely steroids and silicone. While steroids and silicone may be a fantastic name for a reality television show about the exciting lives of female bodybuilders, in real life it can be a pretty unimaginative … 
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Each month the JDD Podcast discusses a current issue in dermatology. During the month of September, podcast host Dr. Adam Friedman sat down with Dr. Andrew Alexis, Chair of Dermatology at Mt. Sinai St. Lukes and Mount Sinai West to discuss misconceptions regarding the aesthetic skin of color consumer.
Dr. Angela Hou, PGY-3 dermatology resident at George Washington University School of Medicine … 
Abstract
Botulinum toxin type A (BTA) is a neurotoxic protein that prevents the release of neurotransmitters from presynaptic nerves and has shown promise in treating neuropathic pain. Recently, BTA has been used to treat painful keloids and scars. We present a patient with refractory neuropathic pain in a normotrophic spread-scar treated with the injection of BTA.
A 47-year-old Caucasian female … 