Post-Surgical Prevention of Keloid Scars

Many drugs used to treat keloid scars may help prevent keloids after surgery, and wound dressings may help.

Certain treatment options also serve as preventive measures after surgery to stop a keloid from developing in high risk patients or recurrence of an excised keloid. These include:^3,¹⁷

Chemotherapy drugs (e.g., 5-fluorouracil combined with corticosteroid injections with pulsed dye laser therapy)
Compression therapy
Corticosteroid injections
Immunotherapy drugs (e.g., interferon alpha-2b, imiquimod, and tacrolimus)
Radiation
Verapamil injections
Wound dressings (e.g., silicone sheeting)

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