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Re: ulerythema ophryogenes
Keratosis Pilaris

From: Ann - to Ryan
Remote Name: 210.54.75.174
Date: 31 Aug 2002
Time: 22:48:10 -0400

Comments

What is the actual diagnosis that your dermatologist has given you Ryan? With your eyebrows - can you see small red KP bumps on the outer part of them? Is the hair on the outer third of your eyebrows becoming sparse? Are you in your teens still? Sorry to ask all these questions but I am a bit concerned that your dermatologist does not appear to have explained clearly to you what your actual skin condition is and also what the medication he is prescribing is meant to do. I am not at all medically qualified but I know that I have ulerythema ophryogenes and from my teens onwards my eyebrows become red and slightly bumpy and the hair on the outer third of my eyebrows fell out. If you have any of these symptoms I suggest you may have ulerythema ophryogenes (which is just a variation of normal KP - so don't be alarmed!) however I would suggest first and foremost that you get a correct diagnosis. I think part of the stress sometimes is not knowing what is happening to your body - however if you can get some sort of understanding you are more able to deal with it. Let me know if I can be of any help.