Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Certain people are prone to keloids, a type of raised scar caused by dysfunctional ...

While hypertrophic and keloid scars may both look raised and firm, they are different— and one can't turn into the other. Hypertrophic scars develop within an injury or wound location ...

Scarring, whether caused by acne, surgery or another wound-inducing experience, is almost as inevitable as it is permanent. If your scars create textural changes to your skin, it is unlikely ...

Corticosteroid Injection. Used only for hypertrophic scars or keloids, a series of injections with medicinal steroids may shrink an inflamed raised scar. Any Baylor Medicine Dermatologist can inject a ...