Keratosis Pilaris Cure

There is no direct cure for keratosis pilaris as Keratosis Pilaris is a genetic follicular disease, although with the right treatment and products relieving results can be achieved

Keratosis pilaris or also known commonly as follicular keratosis or ”Chicken Skin” occurs in almost every 1 out of 2 people in the world. It is generally confused as acne or goosebumps as they looks remarkably alike in terms of their appearance.

It can be easy to mistake keratosis pilaris for acne because it resembles acne in so many ways. The bumpy, uneven skin and pimples that are symptoms of keratosis pilaris are similar to those of acne.

Goose bumps are a temporary local change in the skin. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as cold or fear. That stimulus causes a nerve discharge from an involuntary portion of the nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system. The nerve discharge causes contraction of little muscles called the arrectores pilorum (the hair erector muscles). Contraction of these muscles elevates the hair follicles above the rest of the skin. And it is these tiny elevations we perceive as goose bumps.

Some biologists believe that goosebumps evolved as part of the fight-or-flight reaction along with heart rate increases that send the heart racing while blood rushes to the muscles to give them additional oxygen.

Keratosis Pilaris range from : small and rough bumps with no irritation (also known medically as Alba) to reddish and inflamed bumps (also known medically as keratosis pilaris rubra) and much more.

Unsightly it may be but Keratosis Pilaris is completely harmless. It tends to worsen during the winter months and low humidity where the weather dries out skin out. Keratosis pilaris is unsightly but completely harmless. KP tends to be worse during the winter months or other times of low humidity when the skin dries out.

Unfortunately there is no cure for keratosis pilaris but those little red bumps on the back of your upper arms and thighs can be temporarily relieved.

Common misspellings of keratosis + pilaris include: keratosis pillaris, pillars, pilarus, polaris, polarus, keratoses, piliaris, keretosis, keritosis, kertosis, karatosis, kerotosis... kératos pillaire (Correct French term: kératose pilaire)

Types of Keratosis Pilaris:

* Keratosis pilaris alba : rough, dry, bumpy skin with no irritation
* Keratosis pilaris rubra : reddened lesions; red, inflamed bumps
* Keratosis pilaris rubra faceii (KPRF) : reddish rash on the cheeks (blushed look)
* Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei: facial follicular atrophy (small scar-like depressions)
* Keratosis follicularis (Darier Disease) aka lichen pilaris, or follicular xeroderma:
conditions in which abnormal keratinization (failure of skin to desquamate properly) is
limited to the hair follicles, manifesting itself as discrete, tiny follicular papules (solid,
usually conical elevations)
* Ulerythema ophryogenes : involvement of the outer eyebrows
* Atrophoderma vermiculata : severe worm-eaten appearance of the cheeks
* Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans: a rare familial variant which results in bald
areas on the scalp and eyebrows
* Lichen spinulosus : solitary or multiple patches of follicular papules topped with scaly
spines on any part of the body

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