Keloids are difficult to heal. Even advanced medical procedures like laser therapy and steroid injections regularly fail to prevent keloids from returning. The road to removing your keloid could be expensive and painful. While home remedies for keloids haven't been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, they might be worth a try. If you're successful, you'll save yourself the hassle of multiple medical procedures. If they fail, you're in no worse shape then before you opted to try to treat your keloid yourself.
Step 1
Begin treatment as soon as you suspect a keloid is forming. Start treatment before the keloid forms, right after the injury wound closes, if you have a history of developing the scars.
Step 2
Cut the silicon sheeting bandages so they're the right size to fit over your keloid with enough extra room around the edges to grab and stick to your skin.
Step 3
Coat the keloid or the injury sire in a thin layer of vitamin E. Vitmain E hasn't been scientifically proven to minimize keloids, but a study published in the "International Journal of Dermatology" found that people that used vitamin E in combination with silicone bandages experienced significant improvement in their scars when compared to those who used the silicon alone.
Step 4
Apply the silicone sheet bandage over your keloid and press down firmly to make sure it sticks.
Step 5
Wrap a compression bandage around the area if possible. Pressure helps flatten the keloids and may make your treatment more successful.
Step 6
Change the silicon sheet bandage and reapply the vitamin E oil once or twice per day for three to six months. Evaluate your progress periodically to determine if the treatment is working.
Things You'll Need
- Silicon sheet bandages
- Vitamin E oil
- Compression bandage
