Hello,
I'm kaia and i'm a 16 year old girl. I live in south carolina. I've had kp since i was 11.
I've been seeing a dermatologist for years and it helps.
Is there any girls that would like to chat? my email address is
kaiaaasha14@hotmail.com

I just joined too, I'm a latino male(light brown complexion) I first noticed this around the age of 13. It started on my back and shoulders and moved its way gradually up my forearms. I of course started wearing long sleave shirts since then which really sucks I haven't worn a T-shirt in public for over 12 years now. Let me tell you its a breath of fresh air to stumble upon this forum and know that there are people who have the same problem and are finding ways to keep these nasty (not even that nasty, but very self-confidence killing) bumps. I've sort of ignored and accepted the fact that I'm stuck in long sleaves in public for the past 4 or 5 years and only recently started the battle again. I never found anything that helped in any way but I'm eager to see if all these skin products will make a difference. My brother who is 17 also has KP he's light skinned than me, it doesn't seem to bother him though and my older brother doesn't have it at all. Looks like I got the **** end of the stick :P At any rate I'd love hear from anyone who has had any success in getting rid of even a small area of these bumps, I really don't care about the stuff on my back shoulders or upper arms its just the forearms I am extremely self concious of. If this helps anyone what I do find helps on my wrists is tanning, I kind of stumbled upon it since I drive around so much my left wrist is very tanned and very clear, while the right wrist is very bumpy and not as tanned. I've been to tanning salons but that doesn't seem to help only the natural sun seems to tan me. If anyone cares to shoot the **** about this feel free to add me to your msn mambo08@hotmail.com