What a keloid looks like

Keloid is a lump of muscle bulging out abruptly from the normal skin's periphery. It looks like a heaped-up muscle. It is shaped irregularly and tends to enlarge. keloids do not subside over time like scars.
Keloids start forming some time after an injury and extends beyond the wounded site. This tendency to migrate into surrounding areas other than the injured distinguishes keloids from normal hypertrophic scars.
Keloid is found more in the darker skinned people than the lighter. The occurance is equal in both the sexes.

The word Keloid is derived from the Greek word "chele",which means crab's claw, and the suffix -oid, meaning like.


Keloids are mostly found on earlobes (due to ear piercing), the sternum (The chest region which is always stretched), shoulders, the upper back and any place where abrasion has occurred. These scars are usually resulted from acne, pimples, insect bites, scratching, or any other skin trauma. Surgical scars also tend to form keloid in many.