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Karat
- A measure of the proportion of gold in an alloy.
- Expressed as the number of parts of gold in 24 parts of the
alloy.
- Also called "carat".
- Jewelry will often be stamped with the number of karats of
gold e.g. the stamped label "18k" denotes the jewelry is made
from 18 karat gold.
- 9 karat gold has 9 parts gold to 15 parts other metals
- 14 karat gold has 14 parts gold to 10 parts other metals
- 18 karat gold has 18 parts gold to 6 parts other metals
- 22 karat gold has 22 parts gold to 2 parts other metals
Keloid
- Keloid is excessive scar tissue occurring around piercing
holes.
- Hard and smooth with a poor blood supply and does not bleed
easily.
- More common in persons with darker skin.
- Attempting to surgically remove keloid can sometimes make the
problem even worse.
- Only a physician should treat keloid.
- Often confused with
granulation tissue which in contrast bleeds easily.
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