I need rid of my KP/Keratosis Pilaris before I have a breakdown.

[CabbageSoupy]

Well, bit of an exaggeration, but its awful. I have the full whack, its everywhere on my body except face, feet and fanny its bright red and sooo dry. Coming up to winter it gets so much worse. I've improved it massively by using exfoliating gloves and a rich moisturiser but the redness persists and the bumps never fully go.

I need rid of it. Please could I have your best products, regimes, vitamins, diet tips anything! Thank you..

[TomTomRunner]

What has worked for me
Korean skin towel
Dry skin brushing followed by a lotion with a bit of tea tree added in it

and this
stuff

[Muminabun]

Hello, ameliorate works for me but it is expensive and you really have to use it a lot. I have heard that Avon skin so soft oil is really good so I will try that when I run out of ameliorate. In a lot of people it improves with age. It disappears completely when I go on a beach holiday and swim in the sea everyday. KP is a bastard because it is like psoriasis, different things work for different people and there is no one size fits all cure sadly.

[OlennasWimple]

You need this cream if you can find it in the UK. It has a high urea content so it works but smells a bit like wee... I use it at night when my arms are flaring up so that I can wash it off in the shower the next day and not smell like a urinal. One or two days is enough to keep the bumps at bay for a few months

[BobbinThreadbare123]

Flexitol!

[MissBeehiving]

Flexitol works because it has urea in it.

[lettuceWrap]

Mine disappeared when I went completely gluten free 7 years ago, (I'd had it since mid teens, chicken skin arms and legs, lots of random rashes too). My skin was embarrassing to even look at (strangely not really my face which had redness/thread veins but very few spots.

If you've not had a blood test for coeliac within the last couple of years, it might be a good idea to test/retest as there seems to be an association. If the test is negative, why not try an exclusion diet for a month or two and see if your skin improves.

If you are intolerant to gluten, allergic, or have coeliac (autoimmune), then the damage and inflammation in your digestive tract may mean you also react to dairy and/or eggs, although those reactions may improve over time once you are gluten free.

[fabulousfrancesca]

Korean Italy towels and a eucerin cream with 10% urea

[Branleuse]

its often a reaction to gluten. Id cut out gluten and maybe dairy for a few weeks or months and see if theres any improvement

[jenthehen]

Giving up gluten for me too, it's worth it. You soon get used to the diet change.

[LemonadeWithACherry]

Yeah I forgot to say I went gluten free too.

It's really not that hard nowadays!

[TheNoseyProject]

I use the nip and fab glycolic scrub on mine and the put this cream on. It’s not gone but it’s hugely reduced. www.ebay.co.uk/i/351888924785

[abigailgabble]

😒 but i love gluten

[magicstar1]

I noticed mine disappeared on a sun holiday, and was gone for months. Best thing I've found now, is L'Occitane almond shower oil...I haven't had any reoccurrence since I started using it.

[Hedgehoghogger]

Mine also went when I became gluten free

[PoohBearsHole]

Mine cut down by going gluten free so don't discount diet :)

[Lotsofsausage]

Korea italy exoliating kit from amazon (green one) had really helped mine, ask glycolic acid and keeping it moisturised. you have to be pretty strict and not forget!

[babster]

DH had this and it improved massively when he cut down on dairy.

[Bamaluz]

Mine went when I started taking fish oils.

[abigailgabble]

I have found ameliorate to be useless. at the moment I'm trying aveeno emollient from their baby range. the only thing that made mine better was pregnancy but it's back now mines never itchy though so maybe it's different. i don't have dry skin at all but I have tons of chicken skin.

[LemonadeWithACherry]

Mine is almost gone now but it used to be awful, I picked my arms until they looked terrible.

I make my own body scrub with sugar and olive oil which I use on dry skin then shower off. I use Palmers cocoa butter (in the jar) liberally- it's marvellous stuff and has transformed my kp.

[Jiggler]

Glycolic acid was so much more effective for my KP than the Eucerin urea cream.

[DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen]

You need a cream with a high percentage of urea in it , works a treat.

[MrsMoastyToasty]

I found that mine started to disappear when I gave up gluten and cut out some dairy foods . It wasn't an overnight thing, but a gradual improvement over several months.

[PineappleScrunchie]

I find that any cream with Urea in it gets rid of mine. I just use it every 6 months or so when it comes back.
I think the one I use is a Eucerin one but I just check the label for Urea.