Dissolving Triamcinolone-Embedded Microneedles for the Treatment of Keloids: A Single-Blinded Intra-Individual Controlled Clinical Trial

• Published in: Dermatology and therapy Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 601 - 611
• Main Authors: Tan, Colin W. X., Tan, Wei Ding, Srivastava, Ruchir, Yow, Ai Ping, Wong, Damon W. K., Tey, Hong Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cheshire Springer Healthcare 01.09.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; Adis, Springer Healthcare
• Subjects: Care and treatment; Clinical trials; Dermatology; Diagnosis; Dosage and administration; Drug delivery systems; Evidence-based medicine; Hypodermic needles; Internal Medicine; Keloids; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Experimental; Microneedle drug delivery; Microneedles; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Original Research; Plastic Surgery; Quality of Life Research; Scars; Skin diseases; Testing; Triamcinolone; Singapore; Keloids; Scars; Microneedles

Introduction Keloids are a prevalent chronic skin disorder with significant psychosocial morbidity. Intralesional corticosteroid injections are the first-line treatment but are painful and require repeated injections by medical professionals. Dissolving microneedles are a novel method of cutaneous d...