KP Arm pickers?

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I have recently started using E45 cream on my arms and I swear by it for getting rid of KP bumps! It's not expensive at all, and it only takes a couple of weeks to show vast improvement, and with nothing to pick I hardly pick my arms at all now! I don't know what to do about my face though, my skn on my face is looking awful lately, patchy red and white plus huge pimples popping up constantly. It's all I can do to not pick a spot on my face, but when 4 more appear I get so frustrated that all my will power isn't worth it anyway and I pick. I think out of my whole body (as I pick every inch of myself!) my face is the hardest to cope with and to improve upon.

Hello all, I have had kp for as long as I can remember, but I only started picking it these last few years. It doesn't even look like kp now, usually just big red blemishy bumps or scabs :( Does anyone know of a really good kp product that you can buy in Canada? Also, do kp products work on skin that has been picked?? That is what I'm most worried about, because there's no way that I will be able to completely stop picking my arms long enough for them to heal and be able to put cream on them! Thanks everyone for the honesty and the advice, I didn't know there were so many people who had kp and who picked it like me!!

Hey there--Yes, I too have the dreaded KP as a large percentage of people seem to have. Basically the KP is just clogged pores that arise from an overproduction of keratin, information quickly offered by Wikipedia. I'm sure that a doctor could give you some chemical creams to reduce the bumps on your arms but the easiest way would be to get a bit of jojoba or almond oil or the like and rub in on your arms with a bit of a rough cloth or exfoliating sponge of sorts--by doing this you will be able to unclog the pores and moisturize which is most important. Getting your arms in the sun will help as well. Once the KP is less apparent, hopefully you'll be less inclined to pick. Hope that helps!

wow I just camp upon this website this morning because I too have KP and am looking for some things to help with the desire to pick them off. This has been so incredibly helpful. Thank you all .

I don't know if this helps with the actual KP buy I have found that after I pick at my arms, that bio-oil helps heal them like nothing else! When I pick them they go really red and swore and almost swollen and it is so embarrassing. It can takes days to heal, but the bio-oil seems to heal them within a day! A deffinate life saver. Also I have heard that coconut oil can be really good for getting did of kp bumps :)

I have the same problem! What I found helps is lightly exfoliating with St Ives apricot scrub (key word: LIGHTLY) in the shower then I use Amlactin (an alpha-hydroxy moisturizing lotion). As for the urge to squeeze and pick, I know it's hard to overcome. But I've been keeping a log of my picking in a notes app on my phone (writing down when/where I do it, what I'm thinking, how long I pick, etc.) and I've found that it is helping dramatically. Even just the thought of having to enter the occurrence in my phone makes me more aware of what I'm doing and keeps me from picking (at least most of the time).

I thought I was the only one who picked and squeezed my kp. I am so glad I am not alone! (: I have had kp since birth, mostly on my arms and cheeks, but I have only picked for a couple years. I just can't resist the urge to squeeze out that white puss. I have tried to stop so many times and it always ends in failure. I am embarrassed to wear short sleeves, let alone a swimsuit! I have been using coconut oil in the shower and that seems to help a little. One time I picked my skin until there where bright, big bumps covering ALL of the skin above my elbows. I was so ashamed and embarrassed and I knew I needed to do somethin. I don't know what compelled me, I guess I knew honey helped to retain moisture. So I smeered my arms in gross, sticky honey. Then I put plastic wrap on top and slept with it on....really nasty. The next morning, when I finally rinsed the rest of the honey off, my skin looked SOOOO much better!!! It was softer, less red and the bumps had become smaller. So, if anyone is brave enough to try this and you haven't found something that works, I would recommend trying it. But, I am not a dermatologist or anything. xD