Help for Keratosis Pilaris - bumps on your arms

KatieJo · 09-24-2009, 01:34 PM

Hi ladies -

I have had KP my entire life and never knew what to do about it. I recently started using Eucerin Plus Smoothing Essentials lotion twice a day and it has made a HUGE difference. My arms look so much better! I still have some of the red dots, but I don't get as many of the bumps (that I tend to pick, which makes the problem 10 times worse). I noticed a difference pretty quickly, but have been using it religiously for about 4 weeks now and it's still improving.

I've tried the Dermadoctor KP Duty lotion and I think this actually works better. It's also much cheaper so you can actually afford to use it on large areas twice a day. I think they even carry it at Costco

I could never afford to use the KP Duty lotion twice a day.

Here's a link: http://www.eucerinus.com/products/hb_plussmooth.html. It has Alpha Hydroxy and Urea which are both supposed to help KP.

I hope this helps! It's made me much happier.

VickieC · 10-05-2009, 05:51 PM

Thanks, KatieJo! I, too, have the arm bumps made worse by picking. Will try this out!

miller6394 · 10-07-2009, 05:32 PM

I will try this as i have lots of bumbs on my arms and very dry skin on my legs as well as a few bumps. thanks for the info.

Mary237 · 11-03-2009, 10:03 PM

i am definitely going to try that!!! i have had these bumps on my arms FOREVER and i never knew what it was and nothing works to clear them up! (i am also a picker - it's impossible not to). thanks for the info and i am definitely going to try the Eucerin!

PEIKay · 11-12-2009, 12:36 AM

I've always wondered what that was called! Thank you!

Now I'm going to have to see if I can find that stuff. Those little bumps on my arms and legs drive me absolutely NUTS.