title: Use of intralesional cryosurgery as an innovative therapy for keloid scars and a review of current treatments.
abstract: Keloids are benign growths characterized by excessive collagen formation. The treatment of keloid scars remains a challenging clinical dilemma for both patients and providers. Intralesional cryosurgery has emerged as a safe and effective new treatment by destroying the hypertrophic scar tissue with minimal damage to the skin surface.
authors.affiliation: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Department of Dermatology, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Luber