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Keloid is a chronic skin disorder, which negatively affects many aspects of patients’ lives. Keloid Disorder can present itself either as a single small spot on the skin or appear as multiple lesions spread across several areas of the body. In some patients, keloid lesions can grow to form a large skin tumor. Keloid has a genetic component, often runs in families, and is most often seen in Africans/African Americans and Asian populations, although it has been reported in individuals from almost all ethnic backgrounds. If someone is predisposed to the condition, a keloid appears only after an injury to the skin, which can happen in myriad ways such as ear piercing, acne, surgery, chicken-pox, etc.