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What We Know About Keloid:
- Keloids Mostly Affect African Americans and Asians
- Certain Conditions Trigger Formation of Keloids
- Keloids Behave Differently in Different Individuals
- Keloid is a Very Hard Disease to Treat
- Current Keloid Treatments Do Not Work Well
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What We Don’t Know About Keloid:
- Accurate Statistics About Keloid’s Clinical Presentation
- Accurate Statistics About Keloid’s Distribution Among Different Ethnic Groups
- Accurate Information About Keloid’s Biology and how it behaves
- Accurate Age Distribution of Keloid
- Good Understanding of Treatment Efficacy
- And a Lot More….
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Purpose of This Online Study is to Gain Better Understanding About:
- Clinical Presentation of Keloid
- Ethnic Distribution of Keloid
- What Triggers Keloid Formation
- How Various Treatments Work
- Natural History of Keloid
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Who Can Participate in this Study?
- You Have at Least One Keloid
- You Are 18 Years or Older
- You are Parent or Guardian of a Minor (Under 18) with Keloid
Shapes
| Shape and appearance of your keloids (answer as many as applies to your keloids, you may have keloids that have different appearances) |
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 FLAT Keloid grows flat on the surface of the skin |
 LINEAR Keloid is a flat keloid that grows in a linear manner |
 NODULAR Keloid is round and almost the shape of half of a round marble. |
 PEDUNCULATED Keloid is like a mushroom with a base that is attached to the underlying skin. |
 MASSIVE Keloid occupies a very large area of the skin and is very thick. |
 SUPERFICIALLY SPREADING Keloid spreads and covers a very large area of the skin. |