Hi there. I'm new to this forum, so I'm not sure if this has already been discussed or not, but I read somewhere that "Proactiv" products can help. Has anyone tried this?
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Jem

Hi- I just want to let you know, I've had kp for forever and the proactiv system did/does work on my face and neck, but not my arms. Its pretty bad on my arms, though. I would recommend it for light areas and the 3 step system they send you lasts a very long time. Hope this helps!

i dont have kp on my face but i did have a lot of pimple scars. After using proactiv, ALL the scars faded and my face is so smooth like a baby's bottom. However when i ran out of, the pimples came back even worse, so i bought some more and it disappeared again. >_< I tried it on my arms but i've had no success. The skin is too thick there. I'm using 100% shea butter right now but i've had no success with that either.

Merm, did it clear the KP off your face?

Cheers

I tried the 3 step system on my face and body (my KP is all over my body). It worked well on my face, but not on the rest of me. Then I tried the Proactive Body Wash and Body Lotion and that didn't work either on my KP. I continue to use it on my face though. I recommend getting it from EBay - it's a lot cheaper.

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Marlena

Marlena, how well did it work?

Did the redness decrease, if so how much in % wise?

Cheers

I am new here too but read this post and wanted to share some of my personal knowledge I have learned on the quest to help my man and my daughter control their KP. I am not a doctor but have spent lots of hours doing research, speaking with doctors, talking with KP sufferers, and learning about skin when I started being a skin care consultant after finding something that fixed my life long eczema. I am very excited to be here and hope to learn even more.

I kept asking my daughters doctor what it was on her arms for him to tell me it was nothing to worry about. I increased lotions and one day one of the bumps got infected. Then I noticed a differant type of bump on her knee that started to grow larger by day. It was pain full to her and went to a skin surgeon to have it removed and tested. It did not come back cancerous but I asked him what did it come from? He said it can from things inside skin care and soaps that I was using on her. He told me of animal byproducts and chemicals used in the skin care today. I laughed it off, although I seen it with my own eyes and continued on.

A few years later I found a product that worked great on my eczema....I have had no bleeding on my hands since Jan 2003. Satisfied....I signed up for a wholesale account. I shared it with everyone I met but it was not until Jan 04 I decided to do it as a business. I met a lady with KP and she invited me to come learn about it. When I seen the pictures I almost passed out. It was what we were battleing with my daughter and mans skin. I returned to the doctor and he then said, yes that is what it is. Its no big deal.

To me it was. To my daughter it was. I began searching and reading and asking alot of questions to the doctors I meet in my line of work as well as the other KP sufferers I met.

My daughter has it under control, my man does occasionally. I think his occasionally is because he is a UPS driver and is covered in dust and dirt and sweat from 6am till 7pm. On weekends vacations and holidays it clears quickly.

Some tips I have learned. Avoid things that cover or clog pores such as petrolatuem duraritives. Such as vaseline, baby oil, minerial oil, petroleum, ......these tend to put a protective layer on the skin and do not allow them to breathe. Skin cannot function properly if it cannot breathe.

Avoid chemical ingredents. No good for you, your hormones, or the skin. Some chemicals such as benzene has been known to cause acoma or even death. If any of these bumps, folicals or other spots are open you are taking a chance it will get into the blood stream.

I have alot of skin information on my website in my profile that I post on my last page Awareness. I try to add it as I go.

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to share this information with you. It has made a huge differance in my daughters skin by having this knowledge, I hope it will help you as well. I also look forward to learning from all of you. Please feel free to conversate with me at loveurskin@myarbonne.com

Ann Phelps

Well, as said, it only worked on my face, nowhere else on my body. The KP on my face is only bumpy, not red - unless I scratch at it. I noticed that on days when I had high anxiety and picked at my face and then used the Proactiv, the redness from the scratching was way better in the morning. Hope this helps!

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Marlena

Like some other people have already said, Proactive works really good on my face (which does not have KP), but not my arms. I have pretty stubborn KP on my arms, and I tried the Proactive 3 step system on it and it didn't get better at all, but worse. After ditching that idea, I also tried their body wash and body lotion on my arms and that didn't work either. I guess it's because their products are designed for acne, and KP as we all know, is totally different.

Hi, I'm new here but was reading this thread and one of my friends has keratosis pilaris, as do I, but she said she would scrub them in the shower and uses alcohol on her arms and it has greatly decreased the bumps. I haven't tried it yet but, it worked with her arms....

Wow. From experience I can tell you that scrubbing and using alcohol would make my arms a super red and irritated mess. But as we're all finding out, what works great on one person can have opposite effects on someone else.