keratosis pilaris, unfortunately I got it!

so this disease is not rare after all.can i ask how can you get this disease.since 1 out of 2 have this. and does it affect more on different race. i think i have those too at my legs.but its too little to tell now.hope its now.hope you get well.goodluck

Hi che, this is the first time I come to know keratosis pilaris. I can't see the the appearance of them on the attached image. I can look them clearly only when I have a close look at the image available in wikipedia. This makes me to recall one of my secondary classmate. I always saw her doing some scratching on her elbow where there were reddish bumps on it. I am not sure whether it was the one that same as yours. Sometimes I saw her engrossed in peeling the dried skin on them and paid less attention to the teacher. I haven't seen her after graduation. And I'm keen to know how about her now, as well as the chronic skin disease. Anyway it's not a pleasant feeling to have any chronic skin disease stick to us. I was told to soak in the hot spring water regularly would help to heel all type of skin problems. Everything might happen out of our expectation. Hopefully you will shake away this undesirable skin problem very soon. Take care and have a nice day

I actually just read an article about keratosis pilaris while I was waiting for my haircut this afternoon. Apparently, it affects 1 out of 2 people- so don't feel too bad, you're certainly not alone. I've had this problem for as long as I can remember, and I'm only 23. Your doctor is right- there is no cure or anything that will magically make it go away. I find that keeping my upper arms exfoliated and moisturized helps minimize it to some extent. Pure coconut oil makes a really good moisturizer. It has also gotten better since I stopped using conventional soaps and body washes and switched to an all-natural product that isn't irritating to my skin. Your diet could also have something to do with it- eating too many processed, refined foods can cause all kinds of inflammatory conditions in your body, including skin conditions. Dairy and gluten are also common culprits. I did a 3 week detox diet several months ago (no dairy, no meat, no gluten, no refined grains, no refined sugar), and my keratosis pilaris pretty much disappeared. But that kind of diet takes a lot of effort. Most of the time I just eat a fairly balanced diet, try to get a lot of veggies and whole grains and keep my sugar to a minimum, and I find that the bumps on my upper arms, while still present, aren't as bad as they were when I didn't pay attention to my diet at all.

Che, I can't really see the bumps in the picture. Are they red or white little bumps?I have little white bumps all over my bodyIt's not how it sounds. I have most on my feet, and some on my chest. I've been assuming it might be from my Sarcoidosis. Leenie