Keloid Treatment Guidelines:

A comprehensive set of Keloid Treatment Guidelines are available on the website of the Keloid Research Foundation. Below is a partial list of Dr. Tirgan's keloid publications.

Meeting Report: Clinical Challenge and Call for Research on Keloid Disorder The 3rd International Keloid Research Foundation Symposium, Beijing 2019., Uitto J, Tirgan M. J Invest Dermatol. 2019 Oct 16. pii: S0022-202X(19)33309-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.10.002.

KRF Clinical Practice Guidelines in Keloid Disorder (KRF Guidelines®)

TREATMENT STRATEGY - Version 1.2019, Mar. 10, 2019. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

PUBIC KELOIDS - Version 1.2018, Mar. 10, 2019. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

CHEST KELOIDS - Version 1.2019, Jan. 29, 2019. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

MAGNETIC DISKS - Version 1.2019, Jan. 29, 2019. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

INTRA-LESIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY - Version 1.2018, Dec. 10, 2018. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

NECK KELOIDS - Version 1.2018, Dec. 10, 2018. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

FACE KELOIDS - Version 1.2018, Dec. 5, 2018. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

SCALP KELOIDS - Version 1.2018, Nov. 30, 2018. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

CRYOTHERAPY - Version 1.2018, Nov. 30, 2018. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

INTRA-LESIONAL TRIAMCINOLONE - Version 1.2018, Nov. 19, 2018. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

EAR KELOIDS - Version 1.2018, Nov. 19, 2018. Journal of Keloid research. Special Edition, April 1, 2019

Post Otoplasty Keloids–Case Series and Report of Successful Treatment with Cryotherapy.  Keloid research.  2017 vol. 1 no. 1, July 1, 1-7

Ear Keloid Recurrence 13 Years after Adjuvant Radiation Therapy – Case Report. Keloid research.  2017 vol. 1 no. 1, July 1, 17-20

Intra-lesional Steroid Injections: Can they be harmful to some patients? Results of an online survey. International Journal of Keloid research.  2017 vol. 1 no. 1, July 1, 21-28

Aberrant connective tissue differentiation towards cartilage and bone underlies human keloids in African Americans. Fuentes-Duculan J, Bonifacio KM, Suárez-Fariñas M, Kunjravia N, Garcet S, Cruz T, Wang CQ, Xu H, Gilleadeau P, Sullivan-Whalen M, Tirgan MH, Krueger JG. Exp Dermatol. 2016 Dec 11

Massive ear keloids: Natural history, evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for preventive measures – A retrospective case seriesF1000 Research, October 13, 2016

Neck keloids: evaluation of risk factors and recommendation for keloid staging system, F1000 Research, June 28, 2016

Clinical Implications of Single- Versus Multiple-Site Keloid Disorder: A Retrospective Study in an Asian Population. Park TH, Park JH, Tirgan MH, Halim AS, Chang CH. Ann Plast Surg. 2014 Mar 28 (PMID: 24681623)

Reply: Outcomes of surgical excision with pressure therapy using magnets and identification of risk factors for recurrent keloids. Park TH, Park JH, Tirgan MH, Chang CH. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Oct;132(4):667e-668e. (PMID: 24076718)

Nine-month-old patient with bilateral earlobe keloids. Tirgan MH, Shutty CM, Park TH., Pediatrics. 2013 Jan; 131(1):e313-7. (PMID: 23248221)

Role of Surgery in Treatment of Keloid; Preliminary Results of an Online Survey.  Abstract Accepted, AAD 2013

Worsening of Keloids after Intralesional Injections. Abstract Accepted, AAD 2013