SKIN & SCARS · ILLUSTRATED 3D RECOVERY
Steroid Injections (Keloid): before & after and recovery stages
Compare one larger raised cheek scar with a brief injection response and gradual partial flattening over a treatment course.
SUMMARY
What this example shows
One fictional lobulated raised scar on the right cheek supplies a keloid reference, distinct from the small hypertrophic acne scars. Brief local injection response fades before gradual partial height and footprint reduction. A smaller raised scar remains. Dates illustrate a responding treatment course, not one injection, a dose or a prescribed session schedule. Recurrence and adverse effects are not predicted.
STAGE BY STAGE
Steroid Injections (Keloid) recovery stages
Lobulated keloid reference
One larger raised mark sits on the right cheek.
The fictional keloid differs from the small hypertrophic acne-scar examples.
Early response: Scar remains raised
Local color and slight fullness appear around the same scar.
The early display is illustrative; it does not measure treatment response.
Course comparison: Height and footprint changing
The same mark begins to look lower and smaller.
Injections are often a course with follow-up, not an instant one-session clearance.
Later example: Residual raised scar
A smaller, lower scar remains in the same place.
This is a responding example; nonresponse and regrowth are possible.
TIMELINE
Day-by-day checkpoints in the 3D model
The simulator interpolates between these authored checkpoints. They describe the illustration, not measured clinical averages.
The unchanged display face provides a reference for this example.
The larger raised scar remains with temporary local color and fullness.
Less local color does not mean the keloid has flattened.
The same fictional scar remains raised; early comfort is not a measured outcome.
The example begins to show less height and a smaller footprint.
The same lobulated scar is lower and smaller, with residual raised tissue.
A partly reduced raised scar remains. Repeated treatment, nonresponse and regrowth vary.
This stable responding example does not forecast recurrence or permanent clearance.
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
How recovery can vary
Timing and response
Shape and dates are authored comparisons. Skin tone changes appearance, not the illustrated response; the contour slider is not a dose or session count.
Longer term
A smaller scar does not promise lasting clearance. Recurrence, skin thinning, pigment changes and combined treatments are not calculated.
EVIDENCE NOTES
Sources and limitations
- AAD: Keloid injection treatment
A series of injections may shrink keloids; response and regrowth vary. It does not calibrate the displayed reduction or dates.
- NHS: Keloids and residual scars
Keloids extend beyond the original wound and treatment aims to improve a remaining scar. The fictional cheek shape is not a diagnosis.
- Royal Free London NHS: Steroid injection courses for scars
Describes repeated scar injections with follow-up and variable response. This viewer does not set doses, intervals or session counts.
KEEP COMPARING
Other skin & scars examples
- Z-Plasty (Scar Reorientation)
- Scar Revision Surgery
- Mole Removal (Shave)
- Mole Removal (Excision)
- Microdermabrasion
- Dermabrasion
- Light Chemical Peel
- Medium Chemical Peel
- Deep Chemical Peel
- Ablative Laser Resurfacing
- Nonablative Laser Resurfacing
- Microneedling (Without RF)
- Radiofrequency Microneedling
- IPL (Brown-Spot Response)
- Laser Toning (Melasma)
- Skin Booster Injections
- TCA CROSS (Ice-Pick Scars)
- Punch Elevation (Boxcar Scars)
- Punch Skin Grafting (Acne Scars)
- Punch Excision (Acne Scars)
- Cryotherapy (Small Raised Scars)
- Keloid Excision
- Steroid Injections (Raised Acne Scars)
- Subcision (Rolling Cheek Scars)
- Pulsed Dye Laser (Cheek Redness)
This illustration is not medical advice, diagnosis, a treatment recommendation or a prediction of personal results. Swelling, color, contour and dates are authored examples on a fictional face. BeautiNext is not a clinic; your treating team’s assessment and written recovery plan take priority.