ABSTRACT
Keloids and hypertrophic scars are considered to be atypical manifestations of the wound healing process following trauma to the skin. These scars consist of excessive dense fibrous tissue growing in all directions, resulting in a prominent elevation above the skin (1). First described over 3000 years ago on Egyptian papyrus, keloids were later specifically defined in 1806 by Alibert, who proposed the term cheloide (from the Greek chele, or “crab claw”), in an effort to describe the lateral growth of scar tissue into the surrounding uninvolved skin (2).
