Can keloid-prone skin still get breast augmentation?
A keloid tendency does not bar surgery, but it moves scar strategy to the center of planning — incision route, tension control, and early scar care are chosen with that history in mind.
Keloids are scars that keep growing past the original wound, and people who form them usually know it from earlier cuts, piercings, or acne. For augmentation the tendency is not a stop sign; it is information the whole incision plan gets built around.
Building the plan around the scar
Planning starts with the route: an incision in the breast fold hides in a crease and keeps tension manageable, and closure technique aims to minimize the pull that provokes thickened scars. Afterward comes an actively managed protocol — silicone sheets or gel, pressure, and, when a scar starts to thicken, early injection treatment rather than waiting.
Not every raised scar is a true keloid, and how strongly the tendency expresses differs by individual and by body site. Bringing photos of old scars to a specialist consult lets the risk be graded honestly before the incision is ever drawn.
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