Later, his mother Heather researched circumcision and became aware that it was not medically recommended and that it had risks generally and specifically with regard to her son, who had reacted adversely to anesthetic in the past and who
develops keloids.
«We wanted to
develop a simple, convenient, and cost - effective device able to inhibit
keloid growth in skin tissue and reduce the size of disfiguring scars,» adds Yuejun Kang, another key investigator in the study from NTU.