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Dark Insanity
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Thu May 04, 2006 6:24 am  |
For ages now, I've had tiny little red bumps on my upper arms. They're not spots, as they aren't raised, and they aren't painful either.
Does anyone else get these?
I try and exfoliate twice a week, and follow up with emulsifying ointment, but it doesn't seem to be working that well.
What do you guys do?
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Thu May 04, 2006 6:36 am |
They're probably keratosis pilaris caused by clogged hair follicles. I've got them and they're hard to get rid of. There are many suggested remedies - exfoliating with scrubby gloves in the shower, lotions with glycolic or lactic acids, dry-brushing with a body brush.
Dry-brushing before my shower, then following up with 10% Alpha-Hydrox lotion works the best for me. Strangely the 12% Lac-Hydrin didn't give the same results.  |
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Thu May 04, 2006 7:48 pm |
Do you take any vitamin supplements? Bumps on the upper arms usually means your diet is lacking beta carotene, or vitamin A. Carrots are chocked full of sweet beta carotene-y goodness.  |
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Thu May 04, 2006 8:29 pm |
| I have had one of those on my arm for a few years....last week I noticed I have one on my chest fairly close to my boob...I've been wondering what it is too...let me know if you find out |
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Combination - dehyrdated, acne, sensitive, late 20's. |
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Thu May 04, 2006 11:34 pm |
My bf has these on his upper arms, so I know what you're talking about. However, neither of us know what it is or what it's from  . Oh, and he takes vitamins daily, so I don't think the vitamin deficiency has anything to do with his case.
But what I do know is many people have them. I remember that I used to notice girls and guys with this on their upper arms and wondering what it was. So don't worry, your defenitely not alone!!! |
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Fri May 05, 2006 1:07 am |
| My hubby has these too - the doc told him they were hereditary (keratosis pilaris)and that nothing would make them go away, so he pretty much just ignores them now. I think it's easier for guys to do that though, if it was me I would still be trying anything and everything to see if it made a difference! |
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Fri May 05, 2006 10:09 am |
| I have these on my upper arm too. I've used DDF Glycolic Body Lotion for about a month and it does help but can't completely get rid of these. |
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Fri May 05, 2006 12:00 pm |
| ok...don't think I have the same thing. I have like 2 little dots that look somewhat similar to that...but it's not that. |
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Combination - dehyrdated, acne, sensitive, late 20's. |
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Fri May 05, 2006 1:03 pm |
| I think I might see if I can nudge hubby towards some gentle glycolic cream for his upper arms - maybe it will help a little even if can't clear the comdition up completely? |
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Fri May 05, 2006 3:08 pm |
I had those pesky keratosis pilaris bumps on the backs of my upper arms and they were so annoying.
I tried so many different things that didn't work. I finally settled on doing this long routine of ocm, followed by tea tree oil and then a bha lotion which helped the situation but only sort of.
I got tired of doing that and decided to just start putting extra virgin organic coconut oil on them twice a day. To my surprise they are almost completely gone. If I forget to use it for a day they start to come back. I suppose if I did it 3x a day it might work even better.
This is really working for me and I hope it will work as well for everyone else. |
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Fri May 05, 2006 5:05 pm |
| I used to have them too. Now I exfoliate my body at least every other day (helps the lotion absorb better too). I also switched from powder laundry detergent to liquid (powder doesn't always rinse off completely). |
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lululove1996
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Joined: 20 Mar 2006
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Fri May 05, 2006 9:38 pm |
| I used my Retin A on the backs of my arms only two or three times and it made them go away. I agree with the post about it being a lack of beta-carotene/Vitamin A. Sounds good to me and I saw benefit from it. Plus, I take a lot of Omega 3,6,9's. |
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