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Scar Wars – The newest treatment has the sci-fi name Silastic Gel Sheeting (SGS). Used since the early 1980’s to reduce scar tissue in burn patients, this material was approved for keloid treatment in 1990. Katz says that while the scars may not always disappear, “many of the keloids’ symptons the burning and itching, for example, do. The keloids get flatter and less apparent.