Keloid is benign fibrous tissue proliferation that usually results from skin trauma and commonlu found on earlobe. Single therapy for keloid has high recurrence rate. Combination therapy of excisional surgery, intralesional steroid injection and silicone gel apllication may decrease recurrence rate.We reported 21 years old woman with enlarging keloid on both earlobe since 4 years ago after switching her earrings. She was previously treated with triamcinolone acetonide intralesional injection every 2 weeks since 1 year ago. The keloid on her left ear became smaller, but there was no significant change on her right ear. There was no history of keloid on other body part. Dermatological examination on right earlobe revealed solitary firm solid round oval hyperpigmented nodule with 1.3 cm on diameter. Excisional surgery was performed on keloid. Triamcinolone acetonide intralesion injection and topical silicone gel application were applied a week after excision. Patient evaluation after 8 months showed no keloid regrowth.Combination of excision surgery, intralesion corticosteroid injection and silicone gel on this case of earlobe keloid suppressed recurrence of keloid compared with single therapy of intralesional corticosteroid injection given before.
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