Ok guys i have written a questionnaire that i would love everyone to answer. So we can see if there are any similar connections. Just copy and paste the questions and then write your answer next to it. Thanks!

1. How many of you have had acne?
2. Do you have hayfever/sinus congestion/asthma or do you just sometimes wake up a bit mucousy and then you are fine during the day?
3. How often do you get sick per year?
4. Do you get cold hands and feet? Or would you consider yourself a hot person that barely gets cold?
5. Do have brittle nails/hair?
6. What do your nails look like, do you have any moons/white spots/ridging (lines) both horizontal or vertical. Are there any dents in your nails?
7. What is your diet like, please explain what you would eat in a day.
8. Do you crave any types of foods, what would you say is your favourite food?
9. How often are you urinating in a day?
10. How often are do you have bowel movements? And when you do go are you constipated or do you have loose stools. Or does it alternate between diarrhea and constipation? Do you have bloating/flatulance/stomach noises/cramping?
11. Do you have any food allergies that you have noticed which make you feel unwell after eating it.
12. Do you drink alcohol/coffee/tea and how often would you drink these?
13. How much water would you say you drink in a day?
14. Do you have any health conditions?
15. How was your diet when you were a teenager? What sort of foods were you eating?
16. How healthy are your parents, have they had any health conditions/surgery etc.
17. When did you first get keratosis pilaris and how old are you now?
18. Do your parents or siblings have keratosis pilaris?
19. What parts of your body do you have keratosis pilaris, and would you considerate it mild/moderate or severe?
20. Do you have any other skin problems: ezcema/psoriasis/allergic to certain metals giving you a rash/do you get hives from certain soaps/itchy skin/dry skin?
21. What health conditions do you have or have had in the past as a child?
22.What colour are your eyes?
23. Do you get fatigued easily, what would you rate your energy levels out of 10?
24. Do you get tired after eating or do you feel energised afterwards?
25. What is your height and body weight?
26. Do you exercise? If so what do you do and how often per week and for how long?
27. Do you intake much dairy products? (milk, cheese, icecream, yoghurt)
28. Do you easily bruise, do you have any spider veins, stretch marks?
29. Do you get stressed out easily or get anxiety, are you a nervous person?
30.Girls: How are your menstrual cycles, do they come every 28 days?
31. Do you get cramping, heavy periods, breast tenderness, constipation/diarrhea associated with menstruation?

Actually instead of copying and pasting the questions it may be better to just write the number of your question then the answer

I am a female btw...


1. How many of you have had acne? No acne.
2. Do you have hayfever/sinus congestion/asthma or do you just sometimes wake up a bit mucousy and then you are fine during the day? I have mild sinus problems every now and then
3. How often do you get sick per year? 2-3
4. Do you get cold hands and feet? Or would you consider yourself a hot person that barely gets cold? I always have cold hands and feet.
5. Do have brittle nails/hair? I have brittle nails but thick hair.
6. What do your nails look like, do you have any moons/white spots/ridging (lines) both horizontal or vertical. Are there any dents in your nails? I have horizontal ridging in my big toenails and it wont go away...i have a few white spots every now and then in nails.
7. What is your diet like, please explain what you would eat in a day. I eat cereal/milk for breakfast. A whole wheat bagel with cream cheese and tomatoes for lunch. Indian food with dinner. Scattered in are various snacks such as cookies, chocoltes, fruits, etc. Mostly I have switched over to organic foods but every now and then i eat sugary stuff.
8. Do you crave any types of foods, what would you say is your favourite food? I have a huge sweet tooth. I love cookies, ice cream, and chocolate.
9. How often are you urinating in a day? 6-7 times a day
10. How often are do you have bowel movements? And when you do go are you constipated or do you have loose stools. Or does it alternate between diarrhea and constipation? Do you have bloating/flatulance/stomach noises/cramping? I have normal bowel movements. I go once a day.
11. Do you have any food allergies that you have noticed which make you feel unwell after eating it. NO
12. Do you drink alcohol/coffee/tea and how often would you drink these? NO
13. How much water would you say you drink in a day? 3 poland spring bottles.
14. Do you have any health conditions? No
15. How was your diet when you were a teenager? What sort of foods were you eating? I had all junk. i ate whenever, whatever. I ate bowls of ice cream everyday. Hardly any fruits. lots of veggies though. i was very inactive as well so none of that got burned off.
16. How healthy are your parents, have they had any health conditions/surgery etc. My dad has had kidney stones and is lactose intolerant.
17. When did you first get keratosis pilaris and how old are you now? Can't remember.
18. Do your parents or siblings have keratosis pilaris? They all have it to a very less degree..i have it the worst.
19. What parts of your body do you have keratosis pilaris, and would you considerate it mild/moderate or severe? arms/backs of thighs/bum/a little bit on waist and it's moderate everywehre.
20. Do you have any other skin problems: ezcema/psoriasis/allergic to certain metals giving you a rash/do you get hives from certain soaps/itchy skin/dry skin? I have contact dermatitis that flares up during the summer. I have eczema too...I also have acanthosis nigricans (hyperpigmentation of skin around joints and stuff).
21. What health conditions do you have or have had in the past as a child? I have hirsuitism-excess hair everywhere.
22.What colour are your eyes? dark brown/almost black.
23. Do you get fatigued easily, what would you rate your energy levels out of 10? i don't get tired easily...i wake up at 8 everyday and get home at 10 pm so not that tired all the time.
24. Do you get tired after eating or do you feel energised afterwards? depends on what i eat...lately energized.
25. What is your height and body weight? height-5'2...weight-120
26. Do you exercise? If so what do you do and how often per week and for how long? i do yoga every now and then i try to do it 2 times a week.
26.Girls: How are your menstrual cycles, do they come every 28 days? normal..yes
27. Do you get cramping, heavy periods, breast tenderness, constipation/diarrhea associated with menstruation?yes...cramping and breast tenderness definitley.

I just noticed you already but the survey up! You are motivated! I don't know if you are interested, but surfmonkey.com has free survey stuff. Then people could just check the answers, and you could see the results.

Hi everyone, im the poster’s twin sister and thought I would contribute as both of us have KP, I have it worst on my legs, and Chloe (Rachel18) has it worst on her arms. Chloe has helped me formulate a strict diet due to my lactose and wheat allergies giving me IBS symptoms, but while being on this diet for around 2 months now my KP on the backs of my arms have almost disappeared, although my legs show no improvement (very stubborn). Soon Chloe will help me form a regime which hopefully will consist of liver cleansing/supplementation of vitamins/minerals, good diet and exercise. I believe this will eliminate my KP for good.



1. How many of you have had acne? No
2. Do you have hayfever/sinus congestion/asthma or do you just sometimes wake up a bit mucousy and then you are fine during the day?Wake up a bit mucousy, then fine.
3. How often do you get sick per year?hardley ever, slight cough maybe once a year.
4. Do you get cold hands and feet? Or would you consider yourself a hot person that barely gets cold? Always have cold hands and feet.
5. Do have brittle nails/hair? I have brittle nails, but my hair is strong
6. What do your nails look like, do you have any moons/white spots/ridging (lines) both horizontal or vertical. Are there any dents in your nails? The thumbs only have moons, I have faint horizontal ridges.
7. What is your diet like, please explain what you would eat in a day.
Breakfast: Wheat free bread, cucumber/tomatoe/avocado

Lunch: Salmon salad, celery, carrots, seeds, nuts, beetroot etc

Dinner: Any type of meat with vegies, or stir fry brown rice with vegies etc. Snacks: fruit, nuts, vegies.
8. Do you crave any types of foods, what would you say is your favourite food? I crave sugary foods, particularly icecream and chocolate, rarely give in to this temptation though.
9. How often are you urinating in a day? A lot, 10 times a day
10. How often are do you have bowel movements? And when you do go are you constipated or do you have loose stools. Or does it alternate between diarrhea and constipation? Do you have bloating/flatulance/stomach noises/cramping? I go once a day now, used to alternate between diarrhea and constipation. I have bloating/flatulence/cramping and stomach noises, have subsided within the past few weeks.
11. Do you have any food allergies that you have noticed which make you feel unwell after eating it. Dairy Products, wheat products, certain fruits.
12. Do you drink alcohol/coffee/tea and how often would you drink these? I have a green tea a day usually, no tea, no coffee
13. How much water would you say you drink in a day? I drink around 1.5 litres a day.
14. Do you have any health conditions? Had symptoms of IBS but subsiding
15. How was your diet when you were a teenager? What sort of foods were you eating? Junk food all of the time, sugary drinks, foods, dairy all the time, hardly any vegies or fruits.
16. How healthy are your parents, have they had any health conditions/surgery etc. Dad had gallstones, has high blood pressure, had a stroke. Mum hasn’t had any.
17. When did you first get keratosis pilaris and how old are you now? I noticed it at around the age of 14, I am 20 now.
18. Do your parents or siblings have keratosis pilaris? Dad has KP
19. What parts of your body do you have keratosis pilaris, and would you considerate it mild/moderate or severe? I have it on the backs of arms (mild), backs of legs, front of legs (moderate/severe), Hips,
20. Do you have any other skin problems: ezcema/psoriasis/allergic to certain metals giving you a rash/do you get hives from certain soaps/itchy skin/dry skin? I have dry skin.
21. What health conditions do you have or have had in the past as a child? None.
22.What colour are your eyes? Brown
23. Do you get fatigued easily, what would you rate your energy levels out of 10? I get fatigued usually at night time, around the afternoon, changes.
24. Do you get tired after eating or do you feel energised afterwards? I get tired after eating lunch.
25. What is your height and body weight? Weight: 58 kilos, height – 175 cm
26. Do you exercise? If so what do you do and how often per week and for how long? I try and exercise 3 times per week. Consist of walking/running weight exercises
26.Girls: How are your menstrual cycles, do they come every 28 days? Yes, am on the pill.
27. Do you get cramping, heavy periods, breast tenderness, constipation/diarrhea associated with menstruation? None at all.

1. How many of you have had acne?
yes

2. Do you have hayfever/sinus congestion/asthma or do you just sometimes wake up a bit mucousy and then you are fine during the day?

i have asthma and I often get sinus infections but only after a very cold, no hayfever

3. How often do you get sick per year?
alot! but its been loads better since. I would say once evry 2 months

4. Do you get cold hands and feet? Or would you consider yourself a hot person that barely gets cold?

can't regulate body temperature very well, bit like a lizard, if its cold, i'm cold and its hot, i'm hot!

5. Do have brittle nails/hair?

no

6. What do your nails look like, do you have any moons/white spots/ridging (lines) both horizontal or vertical. Are there any dents in your nails?

nails look healthy, no moons though

7. What is your diet like, please explain what you would eat in a day.

good, toast for breakfast, pitta bread and humous plus carrots, tomatoes and cucumber for lunch, pasat and veg for dinner, no snacks

8. Do you crave any types of foods, what would you say is your favourite food?

I crave chocolate, favourite food, there are too many, love curry!

9. How often are you urinating in a day?

at least once an hour but then I'm constently drinking, drink about 2 litres of water a day

10. How often are do you have bowel movements? And when you do go are you constipated or do you have loose stools. Or does it alternate between diarrhea and constipation? Do you have bloating/flatulance/stomach noises/cramping?

bowel movements once a day, in the morning, alternate between constipation and loose stools, generally my stomach is alwasy unsettled

11. Do you have any food allergies that you have noticed which make you feel unwell after eating it.

no

12. Do you drink alcohol/coffee/tea and how often would you drink these?

one cup of tea in the morning, sometimes (but rarely) a second cup in the day

13. How much water would you say you drink in a day?

2 litres

14. Do you have any health conditions?

no

15. How was your diet when you were a teenager? What sort of foods were you eating?

very good, mum is french, very mediteranean diet

16. How healthy are your parents, have they had any health conditions/surgery etc.

I'm adopted so dont know

17. When did you first get keratosis pilaris and how old are you now?

first got it as teenager (15), now 25

18. Do your parents or siblings have keratosis pilaris?

see answer to question 16

19. What parts of your body do you have keratosis pilaris, and would you considerate it mild/moderate or severe?

arms and legs, legs are mild, arms are moderate

20. Do you have any other skin problems: ezcema/psoriasis/allergic to certain metals giving you a rash/do you get hives from certain soaps/itchy skin/dry skin?

very dry skin, had ezcema as a child

21. What health conditions do you have or have had in the past as a child?

had glandular fever (mononucleosis) at 19

22.What colour are your eyes?

blue/green

23. Do you get fatigued easily, what would you rate your energy levels out of 10?

yes, level of 6

24. Do you get tired after eating or do you feel energised afterwards?

depends what i eat and how much

25. What is your height and body weight?

am 5ft 3inches and weigh about 53kg

26. Do you exercise? If so what do you do and how often per week and for how long?

run and swim, bit sporadic at the momment as am in final year of PhD, 6 months ago i used to go running twice a week for an hour, sometimes longer or more frequently, at the moment I run once a week and swim once a week (hour each)

26.Girls: How are your menstrual cycles, do they come every 28 days?

I'm on the pill, (microgynon 30)

27. Do you get cramping, heavy periods, breast tenderness, constipation/diarrhea associated with menstruation?

had very bad period pains before going on pill, couldnt walk on first two days, always get constipated, now i'm on pill its better but still bad

Sophy and rani i just forgot a couple of questions that ive added to the questionnaire which are:
27. Do you intake much dairy products? (milk, cheese, icecream, yoghurt)
28. Do you easily bruise, do you have any spider veins, stretch marks?
29. Do you get stressed out easily or get anxiety, are you a nervous person?

Itd be great if you could also please answer these questions, thanks heaps

After alot of people have filled out the questionnaire ill be writing a long post on the three most common problems that affect nearly everyone in todays society relating to diet. And will include diet suggestions and things you can do to help your body. .

27. Do you intake much dairy products? (milk, cheese, icecream, yoghurt)

have natural yoghurt most days, used to eat loads of cheese when i lived at home (up to the age of 18) but now eat less

28. Do you easily bruise, do you have any spider veins, stretch marks?

don't bruise easily, a few spider veins on my left thigh, have been there since teens, gets better if i run loads! hardly any stretch marks

sorry, didn't see this one

29. Do you get stressed out easily or get anxiety, are you a nervous person?

it's hard to tell, have been in higher education for so many years (4 year undergraduate course 18-22 and now doing 3 year PhD) so am generally stressed, used to be very nervous person, was bullied alot but now I'd say I'm fairly condfident, for me anyway, I do get anxious about stuff easily but i don't think you can say i get anxiety

jeanlee i couldnt get into that website i think its being updated. anyway i think it may be a little hard to see results because its not like a yes no survey, because everyone is answering the questions in their own words. however i think its more beneficial this way, yes and no surveys are very limiting

1. How many of you have had acne? I get the odd pimple now and then, but I've never had an acne problem
2. Do you have hayfever/sinus congestion/asthma or do you just sometimes wake up a bit mucousy and then you are fine during the day? I occasionally get hayfever. Seems to get worse each year
3. How often do you get sick per year? I get a cold/flu about twice a year
4. Do you get cold hands and feet? Or would you consider yourself a hot person that barely gets cold? Hands--often cold. Feet are a major issue. I think I've inherited my dad's bad circulation lol
If my feet are cold (which is often!), the rest of me is freezing!
5. Do have brittle nails/hair? nope
6. What do your nails look like, do you have any moons/white spots/ridging (lines) both horizontal or vertical. Are there any dents in your nails? I have very small moons (but apparently that's from too much biting!). No dents
7. What is your diet like, please explain what you would eat in a day. Each day is different, but I always make sure I have a healthy breakfast. Can't promise the rest of the day will be as healthy but that usually just depends on how busy I am. I definately don't eat as well as I should
8. Do you crave any types of foods, what would you say is your favourite food? I rarely get cravings but I would say I'm more of a savory person than a sweet person. ie. I'd choose chips over chocolate
9. How often are you urinating in a day? a lot. I often joke that my bladder must be the size of a pea lol but I do drink a lot of water....
10. How often are do you have bowel movements? And when you do go are you constipated or do you have loose stools. Or does it alternate between diarrhea and constipation? Do you have bloating/flatulance/stomach noises/cramping? my my we are getting personal I'm pretty regular...nothing too weird going on there
11. Do you have any food allergies that you have noticed which make you feel unwell after eating it. none that I've noticed
12. Do you drink alcohol/coffee/tea and how often would you drink these? Not a coffee or tea drinker, and apart from the occasional wine of a weeknight, alcohol is usually only consumed of a weekend--and not necessarily every weekend
13. How much water would you say you drink in a day? umm about 2 litres, possibly more?
14. Do you have any health conditions? only KP
15. How was your diet when you were a teenager? What sort of foods were you eating? I'm only 21 now so it hasn't changed much. While I don't consume fast food often, I'm still not exactly as healthy as I should be
16. How healthy are your parents, have they had any health conditions/surgery etc. Both healthy, no surgery etc but mum has psoriasis (which often puts my KP into perspective!!)
17. When did you first get keratosis pilaris and how old are you now? 21. Probably first realised it when I was about 15, but it's gotten worse in the last 2 years
18. Do your parents or siblings have keratosis pilaris? my sister used to have it very mildy on the back of her arms but it disappeard over the years
19. What parts of your body do you have keratosis pilaris, and would you considerate it mild/moderate or severe? on the back of my arms I consider it moderate to severe, I've just started noticing it very midly on my thighs but I'm hoping it doesn't get worse
20. Do you have any other skin problems: ezcema/psoriasis/allergic to certain metals giving you a rash/do you get hives from certain soaps/itchy skin/dry skin? nope
21. What health conditions do you have or have had in the past as a child? I've had a few tests done on my heart because it races quite a lot for no reason
22.What colour are your eyes? hazel
23. Do you get fatigued easily, what would you rate your energy levels out of 10? I'd rate them about a 7-8. I do get tired easily, but I'm a very light sleeper so it's only when I've had a bad nights sleep
24. Do you get tired after eating or do you feel energised afterwards? depends what I eat
25. What is your height and body weight? 173cms, 62kg
26. Do you exercise? If so what do you do and how often per week and for how long? I go through 'fads' lol. I walk pretty regularly and do a bit of pilates but I only hit the gym if I'm feeling motivated
27. Do you intake much dairy products? (milk, cheese, icecream, yoghurt) definately not as much as I should!
28. Do you easily bruise, do you have any spider veins, stretch marks? I don't bruise easily, but I have a lot of visible veins-not spider veins though. But they run in my family so I'd day I'll have those to look forward to
29. Do you get stressed out easily or get anxiety, are you a nervous person? Nervous no, but a bit stressed sometimes. I sweat the small stuff
30.Girls: How are your menstrual cycles, do they come every 28 days? yep but only since I've been on the pill
31. Do you get cramping, heavy periods, breast tenderness, constipation/diarrhea associated with menstruation? again, since I've been on the pill heaviness and cramping has improved

1. I have never had acne.
2. I get mild hayfever caused by certain plants. I have been allergy tested.
3. Not often, get the flu every two years or so.
4. Yes! Need gloves and two pairs of socks in the winter.
5. Weak nails, my hair seems fine.
6. I have moons on both thumbs, get white spots occaisionally and also have vertical ridges, particularly on the little finger nails of my hands and my big toe nails.
7. I'm vegetarian, a typical day is: oatmeal with soymilk, honey and blueberries, a banana, a bean salad, apple or other fruit, nuts or pita bread with hoummos and quorn nuggets and a salad or similar for dinner.
8. Anything salty.
9. Between classes! Probably 4-6 times.
10. The best question on the list :-P. Once a day, usually normal but I get bloated and not so regular if I have too much bread and cheese.
11. Millk makes me queasy, but I expect that's psychological.
12. No coffee, have a cup of tea every couple of days. Have alcohol less than once a week, sometimes not once in a month.
13. More than a liter. I have a diet coke addiction, 2 cans a day usually.
14. Tendency towards high blood pressure, improved with diet and exercise.
15. ****. I overate and didn't think about nutrition. Too much dairy, I ate meat once or twice a day.
16. Both my parents are overweight.
17. I first noticed it when I was about 12, I am now 24.
18. My father has KP and KPRF, my mother has KPRF.
19. Severe on my upper arms, mild on my back and legs and variable on my face and neck.
20. I have extremely dry and sensitive skin. I get rashes from some fragrances and lotions, there seems to be no particular ingredient.
21. I had rubella, measles, chickenpox and a hernia that was surgically repaired.
22. Light blue
23. 7/10, I don't get enough exercise.
24. If I eat too much I am sleepy.
25. 5'9 and 190.
26. I go to the gym on weekends, half an hour of weight training and half an hour on the treadmill at a very brisk walk.
27. I don't drink milk, have cheese less than once a week and sometimes yoghurt.
28. Stretch marks from being overweight. I bruise very easily.
29. It's finals week, so I am stressed out right now. Generally I'm pretty laid back, though.
30. No, about a 32 day cycle. I am on the pill.
31. Some cramping and breast tenderness, period is very light since I've been on the pill.