Raised, itchy or painful keloid scars, cut away under local anaesthetic. Dr Braham Ouali combines surgical excision with a steroid injection to lower the risk of the keloid coming back.
Leave your details and the clinic will call you to arrange a free video consultation. Dr Ouali will look at your keloid and confirm your price.
Results
These photographs are of real patients of this clinic, operated on by Dr Ouali, published with consent. Results vary from person to person and cannot be guaranteed.
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Is this you?
Keloids are raised, firm scars caused by the body making too much collagen while it heals. Unlike hypertrophic scars, which stay within the wound, keloids grow beyond the original injury and can keep spreading. They can be itchy, painful and upsetting to look at.
Treatment here combines surgical excision with steroid injections, because surgery alone cannot guarantee a keloid will not return.
A full assessment is needed to decide the best approach for you. If surgery is not the right answer, Dr Ouali will say so.
Patients
Dr Ouali performs a wide range of skin surgery. These are things his patients have said.
“I had three moles removed from my back by Dr Ouali, it was a good painless experience and I’m happy with the result as the scars faded away nicely.”
“Many thanks for the good job you have done. I also appreciated the relaxed manner which put me at ease.”
“I received upper eyelid surgery with Dr Braham Ouali 2 weeks ago and cannot praise the whole experience enough… I would highly recommend him to anyone considering cosmetic or skin surgery.”
UK-Trained Experts
Dr Braham Ouali, MD, SCSD, is a UK-trained, award-winning surgeon with more than twenty years of experience. Since qualifying as a medical doctor in 1999, he completed a decade of NHS plastic surgery training in the United Kingdom and earned a Professional Diploma in Skin Cancer Surgery from Bond University in Melbourne, Australia.
Having personally conducted tens of thousands of surgeries, Dr Ouali tailors each procedure to his patients' individual needs, and he performs every operation himself.
Cost
The cost depends on the size and complexity of the keloid and where it is. The package price for keloid removal starts from £475, which includes consultation and surgery, all as a one stop process, in addition to the removal of sutures if requested. The price you are quoted at consultation is the price you pay.
What happens
It starts with a free video call with the surgeon who would do the operation.
A video call with Dr Ouali. He looks at your keloid, explains what he would do, covers the risks, and gives you your price.
Nothing is booked on the call. If you go ahead, a 50% deposit holds your date, or you can pay in full. Face-to-face beforehand can be arranged, and is charged separately.
Around 30 to 45 minutes under local anaesthetic. The keloid is cut away, a steroid injection goes into the wound, and it is closed with fine sutures and dressed. You go home shortly afterwards.
Follow-up may include further steroid injections over several weeks or months to keep the scar flat and reduce the chance of regrowth. Avoid tension on the area until it has healed.
The part most adverts leave out
Keloid removal is a small operation, but it is an operation, and recurrence is the main thing to understand before you go ahead. Dr Ouali will go through all of this with you before you decide anything. The recognised risks are:
Whoever you choose, these are worth asking:
Questions
The excess scar tissue is cut away with a scalpel under local anaesthetic. The aim is to flatten the raised scar and improve how the skin looks.
No. The area is numbed with local anaesthetic first, so the procedure itself is painless. Mild discomfort is possible once the anaesthetic wears off.
Yes, there is a high risk of recurrence. To reduce it, a steroid injection is given into the wound during surgery, and further injections may follow.
Most people are back to normal activities within a few days. Complete healing and scar maturation can take several weeks to months.
If you have been diagnosed with keloid disorder, it is strongly recommended that you avoid tattoos and piercings, as they can trigger new keloids.
Anyone with a keloid that bothers them, physically or cosmetically, may be suitable. A full assessment is needed to decide the best approach.
You pay a 50% deposit to hold your date, or the full amount. There is no in-house finance.
You go home shortly after surgery. Follow all pre and post-operative guidelines, and use any recommended treatments such as steroid injections or silicone gel to reduce the risk of recurrence. Avoid trauma or tension on the healing area, and avoid heavy lifting, strenuous exercise or pressure on the incision until fully healed. Get plenty of rest, eat a balanced diet, stay hydrated, avoid smoking, and attend all follow-up appointments.
The clinic
A day-case clinic set up for procedures under local anaesthetic. Your consultation is by video call, so the only visits you make are for the surgery itself and the follow-up.
Next step
A video call with the surgeon who would do the operation. No cost, no obligation. If surgery is not the right answer for your keloid, he will say so.