Keloids

Photo ofA Woman with Keloids on Her Back and Both Arms
Taken November 13, 1945
Color photo of a Woman with Keloids on Her Back and Both Arms
Color version

Formation of keloidal scars on the back and shoulder of a victim of the Hiroshima blast. The scars have formed where the victim's skin was directly exposed to the heat of the explosion's initial flash.

Source: United States National Archives