Keloids on the face of a 35-year-old woman. A keloid scar or growth consists of a mass of collagen fibres, forming as a result of a defective healing

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Keloids on the face of a 35-year-old woman. A keloid scar or growth consists of a mass of collagen fibres, forming as a result of a defective healing process. This woman had a family history of keloids, suggesting a possible genetic basis for the condition.

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Keywords: 30s, 35, abnormal, black, body, cheek, clinical, close-, collagen, condition, connective, dermatological, dermatology, detail, diagnosis, disease, disorder, face, female, head, human, jaw, keloid, medical, medicine, patient, people, person, scar, scarring, skin, thirties, tissue, unhealthy, woman