DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2016.v04i12.009

Pages: 909-912

Keloids are aberrations in the wound healing process characterized by formation of a nodular hypertophic lesion which is formed as a result of imbalance in anabolic and catabolic processes. Pressure therapy in combination with intralesional steroid therapy and/or surgery has shown promising results in the treatment of auricular keloids. Pressure therapy has been successfully used individually or in combination for the prevention of recurrence of the lesion post excisionally. In light of this knowledge, a comprehensive treatment plan was formulated in an attempt to reduce the size of lesion before surgery and to prevent recurrence. This article describes the fabrication of an economical and easy to use, custom made methyl methacrylate pressure appliances which are used as an adjuvant in treatment of bilateral auricular keloids.