862 Pain, itch and quality of life in persons with keloids

Keloids are exuberant scars which extend beyond the borders of the inciting cutaneous injury, they can be disfiguring, pruritic and/or painful and can cause significant impairment of quality of life (QoL). However, little research has been done to assess the burden of keloids on QoL. Our aim was to assess how severely keloids affect QoL and identify whether symptomatology (pain, itch) was associated with the severity of QoL impairment, using patient-reported measures of symptoms and quality of life.
Source: Journal of Investigative Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Tags: Skin of Color Source Type: research