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Vitamin D Could Help With Keloid Scars

Lab studies suggest vitamin D may help treat keloid scars.

Laboratory studies suggest that vitamin D might be useful in preventing keloid development. The cells that produce collagen in fibroids have receptors for vitamin D. When these fibroblasts were treated with vitamin D metabolites suppressed inflammatory processes that resulted in reduced fibrotic activity.37

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