Hi all,

This is my first post although I have been reading for a while. I've had KP for as long as I can remember. I'm 23 and about to (finally) graduate with a BS in biotechnology.

I'm a Florida native, but this summer I have been working at a lab in Copenhagen. Everyone can probably guess the effect of a cooler, dryer climate on my poor skin. My arms may as well belong to a porcupine. Surprisingly in the last week I have been able to dramatically improve my skin by doing shockingly simple things with really inexpensive tools. (I usually use carmol 20 from drugstore.com which is a pretty good non-lipid creme w/urea and peter thomas roth AHA scrub). I hope I don't jinx myself, but this is what I have been doing: Washing my face and arms with mild soap and lightly exfoliating (20 seconds for each area not scrubbing too hard) followed by moisturizing creme. Morning and night. I think the key is frequent, light exfoliation instead of my usual routine of taking out all of my frustration with my skin in one shot.

KP and flabby arms: I can't imagine how keratin could affect the tone of one's arms although I've read several posts suggesting a link. My own arms are about the least toned thing on my body. I think for me, I'm not that motivated to tone my arms because I wouldn't show them off that much anyway.

Benzene skin creme: I'm not sure what skin creme newbie is using but I am horified to think of putting benzene on my skin. when taking o-chem I read many ingredient lists on skin products and in pharmaceuticals, but never came across benzene specifically. I wouldn't be surprised to find benzoic acid or salicylic acid in a skin creme, but these are derivatives of benzene with different properties. Salicylic acid is pretty close to the active ingredient in aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, which I ate by the handful in o-chem but I am still not willing to handle benzene outside of a fume hood, much less put the stuff on my skin.

Welcome aboard! I also want to thank you for the details on benzene. I share research and teach seminars(non company related) on how to take care of skin, skin awareness and hormone 101. It is very nice to meet you and I agree...I come with the flabbie arms too, lol!

Ann Phelps

Interesting title for your thread

Welcome! Thanks for sharing your experience.

Well I dont have flabby arms at all but I have KP.You could further boost your results with essential fatty acids supplementation!