Encounter with Keloid, True Stories. Established in 2011 by Dr. Tirgan, the KRF is a non for profit medical research and educational organization. The mission of KRF is to foster scientific research in keloid disorder and to promote education, advocacy, and service to those who suffer from this disorder.

That develops as a skin wound. Caused by surgery, trauma, certain skin conditions, and in some minor cases spontaneously due to unknown or forgotten small injury months or years later. The term was coined from the Greek word. For crab claw in describing how some keloids have claw-like, irregular borders that extend over the skin and beyond the original wound area. Vaccines, and acne are common situations where keloids form.