Keloids develop when scar tissue continues to form after the skin healing process ends. They are more common in people of African, Asian, and Hispanic descent. Keloids can grow quite large ...

Although the genetics is not clearly understood, African Americans and other people of color are more prone to develop keloids. Perkins, who works as a youth development teacher in Saint Louis ...

The American Academy of Dermatology says persons of African, Asian or Hispanic descent are more prone to keloids. After a number of unsuccessful surgeries over the years, Perkins found a surgeon ...