Keloid is an aberration during healing of a wound. It usually results from a cutaneous injury. We hereby report a case that developed keloid in both her earlobes after ear pricking. They developed to such an extent that it looked like a natural earring. Introduction The term keloid is derived from the Greek word “chele,” meaning “crab's claw.” Keloids are benign, hard, persistent fibrous proliferations that develop in predisposed persons at sites of cutaneous injury. These deposits of collagen expand beyond the original size and shape of the wound, frequently invading the surrounding skin in a claw-like fashion Case history A 13 year old female presented with history of pricking of earlobes 2 month back. He had complains of a mass hanging from both the ear lobes. On examination she had two keloids on left ear and one on right ear lobe (photo1,). They were excised, and pressure applied by custom made earrings having spring. Post operatively the patient had no recurrence in her 1 year of followup.
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