Keratosis Pilaris Rubra

Is a very common skin altering condition often referred to as "chicken skin". If you have keratosis pilaris rubra, you are one of millions. Around the globe, keratosis pilaris rubra affects an approximate 15% of the adult population and approximately 20 to 40% of all adolescents. Varying in degree, cases of KPR can range from minimal to severe.

Most people with keratosis pilaris don't know they have it. The difference with Keratosis Pilaris rubra is that it is easily visible.  While KP resembles goosebumps, it is characterized by the form of small, rough lumps covering all areas of skin. Primarily, it manifests on the back and outer sides of the upper arms, but can also occur on thighs and buttocks or any body part except palms or soles.

Keratosis Pilaris rubra, although is the exact same condition as Keratosis Pilaris, has one specific difference, the color. KPR has a red coloring, making it visible to all, so it tends to be confused with acne.

Keratosis pilaris is unattractive but completely harmless. KPR tends to be worse during the cold months or other times of low humidity when skin looses great amounts of moisture. It may also occur and/or worsen with pregnant women or show up after childbirth.

Keratosis pilaris rubra is a hereditary skin condition, running strongly in many families, occasionally with linked with dry skin and low melanin (pale skin). The manner in which it is inherited varies, but often fits into an 'autosomal dominant' pattern – suggesting that there will be a 1 in 2 chance that each child of an affected parent will come into the condition. Keratosis pilaris rubra appears when extra keratin builds up around the hair follicles. This is frequent during childhood, and most serious during adolescence. Keratosis Pilaris Rubra often it clears in adulthood, especially if the person takes sunbaths regularly. The most important though, is to be safe when exposing to solar radiation.

Is keratosis pilaris rubra hereditary?

Yes, see the above information.

What are the symptoms?

Most folks find their keratosis pilaris rubra unsightly. The skin has rough or spiky texturing as though it has permanent goosebumps. Sporadically keratosis pilaris rubra itches, and the person should avoid scratching at all cost.

What does it look like?

Small, horny, disseminated, red bumps are most frequent on the backs of the upper arms and on the fronts of the thighs. It can also affects the torso, back, buttocks and, in less frequent forms, the face and eyebrows as well. If a plug is pulled off, a fine coiled-up hair may be found, but not always.

Diagnosis

There are no explicit tests for keratosis pilaris rubra, since any dermatologists can recognize it immediately. If you are looking for certainty, an ambulatory, almost painless biopsy can be performed. This biopsy is performed by scrapping of some skin and extracting with tweezers a bump.  

Cure

There are no known cures, but it this is mainly because there is no disease, it is just an aesthetic issue. It can clear during adult life, but still, 20% of all white population will have it. No,

Frequent Treatments

No treatment clears it satisfactorily, rapidly and ordinary emollients (moisturizers) are of partial benefit. Creams containing salicylic acid, lactic acid and/or urea are sometimes felt to be more successful. Quite a lot of simple types can be bought or obtained by prescription, or over the counter, and there is no lead to be gained from using expensive cosmetic or vitamin creams.

What can you do?

General measures to lessen skin dryness can help. The only cream that in fact works wanders with KPR is BIOSKINTREATMENT™ lotion. Many people find keratosis pilaris Lumps aesthetically disagreeable and therefore look for treatment. Rarely, they may happen to become infected because of scratchy tight-fitting clothing or abrasive self-therapy, in which case first treat the illness. A noteworthy inflammatory constituent may be present that should be relieved with topical steroid therapy. Treatment of the tiny horny red papules can be tricky because they are opposing to most modes of therapy.

Treatment options for keratosis pilaris rubra focus on exfoliating or softening the skin to lessen keratin clogged pores and to eliminate the redness. Treatment at first begins with adherence to non-pharmacologic method and fulfilment of daily living functions that will not deteriorate the condition. An imperative first treatment step is to use a gentle cleansing agent like mild soap with light abrasive properties. The goal is to clean and open the pores without over drying, this can be done in a perfect, natural way with BIOSKINEXFOL™. Other measures to keep away excessive dryness include taking lukewarm, short showers and using a humidifier, particularly during the winter months when low humidity dries out the skin.

BIOSKINTREATMENT™ lotion evens rough skin. It has a wonderful moisturizing ingredient that will stop dry skin, gets rid of excessive keratin and thus unclogs pores. Its enzymes dissolve the excess keratin and melanin, so they eliminate the redness. It is also anti-inflammatory, while it helps to attract water molecules when first applied. It also recuperates the skin's capacity to hold in water by encouraging collagen production, elastin and glycosaminoglycans from within deeper layers of skin. BIOSKINTREATMENT ™ should be applied to the affected area twice a day for smooth skin.

BIOSKINTREATMENT LOTION clears skin of keratin bumps and regenerates healthy skin

The product is made with the same base as BIOSKINCARE plus Salix Nigra (Willow) Extract and Amorphophallus Konjac Root Powder for a more potent keratolytic effect that cleans the excess horny material of the skin by degrading keratin plugs and dissolving debris, damaged, abnormal and necrotic tissues. It decongests the skin as the enzymes in the snail serum and the natural salicylic acid in willow bark extract help to 'digest' all damaged structures into their amino-acid and other components, which also favors the regeneration of all the structural components of healthy skin.

It leaves your skin smooth, refreshed, soft and with use over a period of time it takes away keratosis pilaris, actinic keratosis scales, controls acne and reduces and even vanishes all types of skin blemishes: razor nicks and burns, roughness, blisters, scrapes, cuts, and the list can go on and on...

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