Come on you guys please help. 50 per cent of the adult population have this condition. SOMEONE must have found some successful remedies!

[mummyjaguar]

DS2 (10 months) has what I'm pretty sure is keratosis pilaris all over his cheeks, his arms and his legs. It popped up overnight in january and is getting worse and worse. Its bobbley skin (sometimes called chicken skin or goose bump skin). It looks a bit like acne.

Apparently lots of us have it somewhere on our bodies (although not to this extent and often we think its where we are just not exfoliating properly). PLEASE respond if you've found any remedies that work. Apparently some homeopathic ones have an effect. Its really bad. He's so beautiful but it looks awful and people don't want to touch him.

ohhhhhhhhh mummyjaq, no Im sorry I dont but I will ask around for you, nd if anything pops up I will get back to you.

Hope ds i not in any pain with it, and how could someone not want to go near darling ds, thats terrible, hope you find help soon.

Thanks Colacubes.

Its quite upsetting. DS doesn't seem at all bothered by it but its getting worse and worse. DH won't discuss it because he has it too (although only on tops of arms) and feels guilty about passing it on so I can't mention it without a row resulting. GP just said its a hereditary condition for whihc there isn't a treatment which was pretty useless.

From searching on here some people have mentioned homeopathic remedies but haven't been specific about what they are.

Feel bad for poor DS. He really is such a beautiful baby too.

I did but the GP was quite negative about it. She said it wouldn't make a difference because isn't a treatment.

I will push it. I have private health care through work for him anyway.

Oh, I'm really sorry MJ, that sounds very upsetting. Afraid I don't know of any magic cures - I have it on my upper arms and just exfoliate and moisturise. Which is probably not the thing to do on a baby's face.

People don't want to touch him, though? That's shocking. I remember being very upset when ds had severe eczema on his face as a baby so I do sympathise.

hey I have this on my arms, remember readin about it in the past but then forgot the proper name. So sorry your DS has it quite badly, hope you find a remedy

To be honest it was mainly my grandmother who is a bit of a barmy old bat anyway. I asked her if she wanted to hold him and she said
" I won't if you don't mind. Not when you don't know what it is"

Also saw one of the nursery nurses pulling a face the other day.

Am probably being a bit over sensitive about it but I feel so protective about him

Have been slapping on the aqueous cream for the past couple of weeks but it isn't doing much.

Could look into homeopathic stuff for you.They can work really well especially on little ones.If your open to that type of thing do you know how to find a good homeopath where you live?Its best to let them see your lo and work out the best remedy.I'm not one but take my lo sometimes with good results.Skin conditions are really distressing and your bond to want to fix it as a parent.Not down on GP's particularly but it can be really frustrating if yours thinks that you your little one should have to put up with that.

Oh bless ds, I'd love a cuddle!

I found this, which mentions treatments.

Right, whereabouts in the country are you? I can direct you to one of THE BEST homeopaths in the world. They really know what they are doing. There are a couple in London, one in Basingstoke, one in Bristol, one in Bath.

Please don't just give him a remedy on recommendation or over the counter, it is very important that you see a good homeopath who will take the case properly and give him the right remedy for him - not everybody with this condition will need the same remedy.

And this for more natural products

I'm in the East Midlands but I really want to get it sorted for him so don't mind taking him somewhere else if you have a recommendation

Okay, do you want to email me at [email protected]

Its actually not dry at all. I think it comes in all sorts of different forms. DSs is small whitish pimles - just like chicken skin.

Will do tooticky

DD and I have this on our upper arms and I'm sorry to say we haven't come across anything that has had a great effect yet.

DD had it all over her face when she was 6 weeks old but then it disappeared after 5 days.

How ridiculous that people are reluctant to hold him. I can imagine how that makes you feel. Try not to let it get to you and good luck in finding something that works.

I have a similar thing on my arms, and find that exposure to the sun helps. Not excessive sun or risking sunburn (I burn easily) but just a few days of sunny weather.

I'm off to bed now but will check emails tomorrow

Are you sure it isn't eczema? DS1's skin looked all pimply like you mention when his eczema started at around 7mo - it wasn't dry at all to begin with. It took several visits to the doctor to get it diagnosed.

Have put a picture of him on my profile. Taken before it got really bad.

Have cheered myself up looking at his photo actually.

I have those bumps on my arms too btw - exfoliation and moisturising help a bit...I find 3/4 length sleeves even better

Well at first it was diagnosed as eczema hence the aqueous cream. Took him back today though to see the Gp at the surgery who specialises in skin conditions and she said its this keratosis thing.