Our NHS Clinic

Barts and the Royal London NHS Trust has the UK’s only NHS based clinic dedicated to Keloids and problematic scars. This clinic runs every Wednesday morning at the Royal London Hospital and is led by a Consultant Plastic Surgeon. Approximately 35 follow-up patients are seen each week in the clinic with between 8-10 new patients being seen by the Consultant Plastic Surgeon. There is also a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Occupational Therapist and a Clinical Psychologist working as part of the clinic. Sister Flordelyn Salim is a clinical nurse specialist who has undergone specialist training so that she can administer the injections commonly used to treat keloid scars also runs clinics for follow up patients requiring Steroid Injections.

Camouflage Clinic

Sister Flordelyn Salim runs a Camouflage clinic in conjunction with the Keloid Clinic. Camouflage is a non invasive option which can help to reduce the stigma disfiguring scars cause. She has set up a unique skin camouflage clinic that provides advice on cosmetic skin camouflage which can be extremely effective in covering or concealing these types of scars and others such as burns – most other acute hospitals rely on monthly visits by the Red Cross Society to provide this service.

Skin camouflage creams are predominantly designed to disguise colour by matching or blending the scar with the natural colour of the surrounding skin. Camouflage cannot alter the size, shape or prominence of the scar.

Examples of Camouflaging:

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Skin Camouflage Products