Assesment of the treatment of earlobe keloids with triamcinolone injections, surgical resection, and local pressure.

Objective: To evaluate the combined treatment of ear lobe keloids.

Methods: We studied 46 consecutive patients with 81 ear lobe keloids. Patients underwent local infiltration of triamcinolone acetonide (TCN) at concentrations of 40 mg/ml (Group 1), 20 mg/ml (Group 2) and 10mg/ml (Group 3).