Senior Editor · Editorial staff
Lucian Okoye
Leads the publication's coverage of keloid scars and edits every story for accuracy and plain English.
10 stories by Lucian Okoye
Know Your Keloid · 8 min · Lucian Okoye
Treat it now or watch it: a four feature rule for a new keloid
Waiting is a decision, not the absence of one. Four features of a scar, checked in about a minute, separate the ones where waiting costs you almost nothing from the ones where it quietly makes the eventual treatment longer and more expensive.
July 27, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 7 min · Lucian Okoye
Can a tattoo cause a keloid? Risk, warning signs, and what to do
A tattoo is thousands of tiny wounds in a row. In keloid-prone skin any of them can overheal, so here is the real risk and how to lower it.
July 21, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 7 min · Lucian Okoye
Can a keloid turn into cancer? What the evidence actually says
Keloids are benign scar tissue, not tumors. Here is why the cancer fear comes up, the rare exception, and the lumps that only look like keloids.
July 18, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 7 min · Lucian Okoye
Nose piercing bump or keloid? How to tell the difference
Most bumps beside a new nose piercing are irritation, not keloids. Here is how to tell them apart and what to do about each.
July 15, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 6 min · Lucian Okoye
Keloid or hypertrophic scar? How to tell the difference
The two raised scars look alike at first, but they behave differently, and the label changes the whole treatment plan.
July 7, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 5 min · Lucian Okoye
Why Keloids Grow Where They Do: The Body's Tension Map
Chest, shoulders, jawline, earlobes. Keloids favor certain territories for mechanical reasons worth understanding before treatment.
July 1, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 6 min · Lucian Okoye
Why are keloids more common in skin of color?
Deeper skin tones carry higher keloid risk, and good treatment has to protect your pigment too.
June 30, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 5 min · Lucian Okoye
Keloids in teenagers and young adults
The most keloid-prone age, and why early, careful treatment pays off.
March 16, 2026
Know Your Keloid · 5 min · Lucian Okoye
Acne keloidalis nuchae: keloid-like bumps on the neck
A specific, often-missed condition at the back of the scalp and neck.
December 26, 2025
Know Your Keloid · 6 min · Lucian Okoye
Why keloids love the chest, shoulders, and back
High-tension skin zones keloid most, and need a different game plan.
October 6, 2025