Understand the options before you have to make decisions.
Plain-English guides built around published research, practical questions and the things people often wish they had understood earlier.
Three kinds of information. Clearly labeled.
Research summarizes published evidence. Founder experience describes one lived journey. Community stories describe individual experiences. They are never treated as interchangeable.
Steroid injections
What intralesional corticosteroids are, why they're used and what to ask about repeated treatment.
5-FU injections
What the evidence says about 5-fluorouracil alone and in combination with corticosteroids.
Keloid surgery
Why excision is only part of the conversation and why recurrence planning matters.
Surgery + radiation
Understand why postoperative radiation is discussed for selected recurrent or difficult keloids.
AKN surgery & wound healing
What current review literature says about surgery for extensive AKN, including secondary-intention healing.
Build my doctor questions
Turn what you're learning into a short, printable appointment-prep sheet.
Check the source library.
See the clinical guidance and peer-reviewed research used across Keloid Forward's medical pages.
Open Source LibraryIf we can't support a medical claim, it doesn't belong on the page.