Atlas of Ear Keloids

FORWARD Keloids are an important medical problem which are often under appreciated by the medical community. Dr. Michael Tirgan has spent many years evaluating and treating patients with keloids on different regions of the body. The Atlas of Ear Keloids presents new insights into the natural history of keloids and provides a perspective that many of the standard surgical approaches may actually lead to progression of these tumors on ear. He presents good examples of an alternative treatment with cryotherapy that has convincingly eliminated some of the most troublesome keloids on ear. This book will provide valuable information to patients with keloids on ear and to medical professionals that treat these lesions. JAMES G. KRUEGER, M.D., PH.D. Director, Milstein Medical Research Program Senior Attending Physician D. Martin Carter Professor in Clinical Investigation Laboratory of Investigative Dermatology The Rockefeller University New York
About the Author: Dr. Michael H. Tirgan is a specialist in the treatment of Keloid Disorder. He is also a board certified internist and oncologist. He began seeing keloid patients through his oncology practice and soon realized the need for highly trained specialists to treat this deeply misunderstood and complex disorder of the skin. In 2008, Dr. Tirgan began focusing his practice on the non-surgical treatment of keloid and now limits his practice solely to the treatment of individuals with this disorder. He has treated approximately 900 keloid patients, adults and children, with all types of keloid. His patients come from every corner of the United States, as well as countries around the world such as Canada, Mexico, Italy, England, Ghana, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates. He is an avid researcher of keloid and has published peer-reviewed articles on his findings. His dedication and sole focus on helping keloid patients, coupled with his vast clinical experience, has allowed him to develop unparalleled expertise in treating this complicated disorder. Dr. Tirgan is an attending physician at Mount Sinai St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital and Rockefeller University Hospital in New York, NY. He is also a clinical instructor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This books is compilation of numerous case studies of ear keloids in many patients that Dr. Tirgan has personally treated in his medical practice. Focus of this book is to review the natural history of ear keloids, how they evolve over time, and how they respond to different treatments. Not all ear keloids are the same. Every patient presents in a very unique way, therefore treatment of ear keloids should be customized for each patient. Obviously, the first instinct in a young person who develops ear keloid is to have the keloid removed. As the reader will see throughout this book, rushing into surgical treatment will often result in worsening of the problem. There are some very basic information that will help the reader to maker better decisions about what actions they should take with their keloids.