WEBVTT - Kill the Keloids with Dr. Michael Jones

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<v Speaker 1>So let's talk about scarring um because that would be

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and I assume that you work on people

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<v Speaker 1>who have key Lloyd's, which is a real like we're

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<v Speaker 1>learning that key Lloyd's is a real serious thing, but

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<v Speaker 1>what exactly is it? That's yeah, okay, good, because I

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna ask to people who get plastic surgery not

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<v Speaker 1>know that the keyloid. Is they a way for you

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<v Speaker 1>to know prior to surgery and then deal with it?

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<v Speaker 1>You know that that's a great question. Key Lloids are

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<v Speaker 1>really these tumorous growths of scar tissue. So anytime you

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<v Speaker 1>cut yourself, you have an incision, or you just bump

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<v Speaker 1>yourself on the table. If you're a keyloid former, that

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<v Speaker 1>little laceration, that little cut can evolve into a scar

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<v Speaker 1>tissue that grows outside the boundaries of that initial incision

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<v Speaker 1>or scar, and so it then starts growing into other

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<v Speaker 1>parts of your body and starts to take over and

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<v Speaker 1>trap hair follicles and lead to all kinds of other issues.

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<v Speaker 1>Would you know if you were a keyloid former before

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<v Speaker 1>you went to have plastic surgery, you might not know.

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<v Speaker 1>You may have gone your whole life never had a

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<v Speaker 1>keyloid before and then you had cosmetic surgery or or

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<v Speaker 1>even a heart surgery or necessary courneus, whatever the surgery is,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you're you develop a keyloid. And the keyloids

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<v Speaker 1>are incredibly painful, They continue to grow, often, they itch,

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<v Speaker 1>They can be incredibly debilitating. They can keep you up

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<v Speaker 1>at night. They are a problem that up to of

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<v Speaker 1>people of color, people of color, Asians, Latins, people of

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<v Speaker 1>African descent will have. So there's a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>in the world that are suffering from keyloids. So pictures

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<v Speaker 1>of key lloid's right now. And you have worked on

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<v Speaker 1>some big, big some of those keloid was like, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't even know that we work on. We work

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<v Speaker 1>on some that are the size of a pea, and

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<v Speaker 1>we work on some that take over the entire face,

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<v Speaker 1>take over the entire back, and it's horrible for these patients.

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<v Speaker 1>We we had a gentleman who came to us from

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago area, um Keenan, who was featured on our show,

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<v Speaker 1>who he got his whole church involved because he just

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have insurance that would cover his procedure. So he

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<v Speaker 1>got his church involved to give him a donation to

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<v Speaker 1>travel all the way to New York to have his

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<v Speaker 1>surgery and it we couldn't do it in one surgery.

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<v Speaker 1>It took years, years for us to remove all of

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<v Speaker 1>the key Lloyds on his face. He couldn't go out.

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<v Speaker 1>He wore a towel around his neck all the time

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<v Speaker 1>because they were draining chronics. While they drain pus foul

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<v Speaker 1>smelling discharge. We're coming out, and so you're telling me

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<v Speaker 1>that insurance companies don't see this as being like an

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<v Speaker 1>issue that should be on the list of things they cover.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it takes a lot of fighting. We spend

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of our time caring for our patients and

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<v Speaker 1>trying to convince the insurance companies that this is a

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<v Speaker 1>necessary proceed Now, you imagine walking around with a beard

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<v Speaker 1>of key Lloyd's just hanging off of your face, and

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<v Speaker 1>you think that that is cosmetic. To remove that is cosmetic.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not cosmetic. It is a medical condition that needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be paid for by these insurance companies. But the

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<v Speaker 1>insurance company. Insurance companies know that the vast majority of

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<v Speaker 1>people that get this are brown people. There are people,

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<v Speaker 1>and so they don't want to pay for that. Why why? What?

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<v Speaker 1>What is it some some genetic thing. It is genetic

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<v Speaker 1>and that's and that is that is the point. We

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<v Speaker 1>don't know why it was formed. In my opinion is

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<v Speaker 1>that evolution somehow wanted to try to create stronger scars

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<v Speaker 1>because if you cut yourself, and before we had antibiotics,

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<v Speaker 1>if you cut yourself, you wanted that that cut to

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<v Speaker 1>heal and never open again. But oftentimes, you know, you've

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<v Speaker 1>seen a boxer who you know, every time it gets

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<v Speaker 1>in the ring, that one cut constantly is opening up.

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<v Speaker 1>So in the in an evolution, maybe we form that

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<v Speaker 1>stronger scar so that those cuts wouldn't open up, you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't get that infection, and you wouldn't die. So how

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<v Speaker 1>did you So did you have a patient that you

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<v Speaker 1>were doing plastic surgery on who got keyloids and then

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<v Speaker 1>you were like, oh, shoot, this is an issue. Or

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<v Speaker 1>do you just have people that showed up like can

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<v Speaker 1>you help me with this? When we first opened our doors,

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<v Speaker 1>we had people that just walked in and said, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I've got a keiler. You know, the most common place

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<v Speaker 1>for a brother having a keyloid is in the back

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<v Speaker 1>of his neck, because you know, we shave our heads close.

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<v Speaker 1>The barber get a little too close. They go a

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<v Speaker 1>little too close. In this the hair follicles shrink below

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<v Speaker 1>below the skin. As those hair follicles are growing back,

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<v Speaker 1>or the hair is growing back, it curls. Because we

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<v Speaker 1>have curly hair. It creates an ingrown hair, and that

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<v Speaker 1>ingrown hair creates inflammation that then leads to this big

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<v Speaker 1>keyloid and so um, yeah, these those that's the most

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<v Speaker 1>common sight for men. And imagine trying to sleep on that.

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<v Speaker 1>Imagine trying to sleep on that every single night you

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<v Speaker 1>are sleeping on a rock. Wow, that can also be us,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I would. So that's like an advocacy issue

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<v Speaker 1>for people especially, Like I said, I didn't know that

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<v Speaker 1>other people of color experienced key lloyd NG, but I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen for black women and again in my family, it's

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<v Speaker 1>an issue, and it's almost like, you know, it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>like a it's like a it's like something where I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like my sister, at some point in her life,

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<v Speaker 1>she probably dealt with a little bit of insecurity, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>just because she has key Lloyd's or could not do

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<v Speaker 1>certain things, always had to have the clip on airrings.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, of course now she's like, hey, it's

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<v Speaker 1>right here, She's you know, she's cool. But she always

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<v Speaker 1>said to me, are you sure you cut? Like, let's

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<v Speaker 1>check it like it's a it's a worry, a concern

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<v Speaker 1>for everyone that you would get these key Lloyd's. But

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<v Speaker 1>I had no idea that people were getting them to

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<v Speaker 1>that extent. Wow, were You're doing God's work, God's work,

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<v Speaker 1>that's my slowly. We're very honored to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>care for our patients because the common theme amongst all

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<v Speaker 1>of them is that they don't know where to turn

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<v Speaker 1>they have these We had a patient yesterday who came

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<v Speaker 1>from Buffalo said she went to twenty practices in Buffalo,

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<v Speaker 1>even went to the Cleveland clinic, and no one wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to treat her keyloid. She had a keyloid in the

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<v Speaker 1>pubic area, so she was incredibly self conscious. This thing

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<v Speaker 1>was quite large in their groin area, so she was

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<v Speaker 1>very self conscious, didn't want to be intimate any longer.

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<v Speaker 1>And she was just depressed, incredibly depressed, even contemplated suicide.

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<v Speaker 1>And so she had nowhere else to turn, no other practice.

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<v Speaker 1>But we at Lexington Plastic certain are specializing in this

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<v Speaker 1>disorder because we know that there's it's an underserved community

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<v Speaker 1>that is adversely affected by it. Children too, children as well, ye,