Has anyone been able to get rid of chest keloids (developed post minor surgery)?

[JudyOha]

Has anyone been able to get rid of chest keloids (developed post minor surgery)?

If so, how? What treatment did you find effective? How much did it cost and was it permanent?

I'm referring to keloid scars about the size of a smartie.

Not the same but I have a keloid scar below my belly button from laparoscopic surgery. It took 2 years for it to go down.
It was very raised red bumpy itchy all sorts of horrible and I was considering having injections into it to make it go down, maybe this is something you could consider if it's bothering you?

Mine isn't swollen now but still red sadly. Not sure how long that will take to go.

I’ve had mine coming up two years now, it is raised as ever I’m afraid.
I’m not sure if it will ever go down or how long it may take.

Try to accept it would be my best advice.

My brother had an absolutely enormous one right across his throat (surgery as a young child), he is a grown man now and you can barely notice the scar but it took a very long time.

Thanks for the replies so far. I've had mine for years now so definitely not expecting it to magically shrink by itself (it's stayed the same size since it developed) so I know at home treatments are almost impossible to work as well. Was looking for any professional treatments that anyone's had that's worked to remove or flatten it.

I had a small round keloid which looked as though I had a small pea under my skin. It was recut to see if it would heal which was a huge mistake and I ended up with a larger keloid which looked like a small worm under my skin. Steroid tape prescribed by my GP improved the scar. It's now flat but if you look closely you can see the outline of the scar. Ask your GP for the steroid tape. Unfortunately, I can't remember how long I had to use the tape for but I'm really pleased with the result.

@GloriousGoosebumps

Thanks a lot for your response - very similar backstory for how I got the keloid as well actually! I had a random acne spot on my chest which wouldn't disappear oddly enough so got it cut out and obviously as they make the cut region wider than the spot, when a keloid formed, it was twice the size of the original pimple!

Do you know the brand of steroid tape you used? Did you use it as soon as the keloid formed? My keloid formed about 3 years ago so not sure if it'll still work on it?

I know darker skin scars worse. I think the steroid tape sounds fabulous.

@JudyOha, I'm afraid I don't remember the brand name just that it came on a roll and I had to cut off strips large enough to cover the keloid and then leave it on for x hours. I used it within a few months of the keloid forming. As I said, I had really good results and no one would notice it now but if I pointed it out to you, you would see a faint outline.

@GloriousGoosebumps
Thanks, that's good to know :) one last question - so after you applied it for a set amount of days/weeks and the keloid fully flattened, did you need to keep applying the tape to maintain the effects? or it's permanently cured (flattened) now despite you no longer using the tape?

I'm going to have a look whether I can find it online somewhere as I know my GPs are a bit of a nightmare on prescribing stuff (despite its usefulness!) I went to them initially with this issue and they said there's nothing they can do about it.

@JudyOha, the effects are permanent so no maintenance is required. As for the length of time, it takes weeks rather than days. Perhaps you could see a different doctor at your GP's surgery.