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Hi @bcwarrior -- I hope I haven't responded to you before. I was just searching keloids and see you have them. I had bad keloids after my double mastectomy in 2013 that were not only unsightly, but very painful all the time. My dermatologist talked me into kenalog injections directly into the scars. I did up to 15 at a time about every 6 weeks, then 3 months then 6 months until the pain didn't come back. It really flattened out the scars, turned what was left pink instead of red. I rarely get pains in them now. The injections smarted to be sure, but so worth it. The pains I was getting every hour for 2.5 years before that were level 10 that would wake me up or stop me in my tracks when awake. Hopefully, your keloids are not causing pain. Zebra