Has anyone ever used Vaseline on their KP?
Did it work?
Or did it just make it worse?

I haven't - but I just found this in an article on the internet. Please don't shoot me about the long answer!! haha
Quote:

'Chill. What you probably have is a harmless condition called keratosis pilaris. It looks like little dots that are usually white but sometimes red. As your guy friend found out, the area feels bumpy, dry and sandpapery. It strikes the upper arms, buttocks and thighs. Why? The genetic condition happens because dry skin doesn't flake off like it should. Instead, it gets plugged up in hair follicles and forms little bumps, explains Dr. Irwin. Moisturize your arms with Vaseline after you shower. If it doesn't clear up within a week, move on to stronger stuff. After bathing, slick on a glycolic acid lotion (Neutrogena Healthy Skin Face Lotion or any 10-percent solution at stores like Sephora) mixed with a dab of hydrocortisone (the .5-percent kind sold over-the-counter at drugstores). If that doesn't do the trick, see a dermatologist for an Rx.'

I have a feeling that whoever wrote that paragraph doesn't have kp

It can affect more areas of the body than the three listed, it won't "clear up" in a week from using Vaseline, you shouldn't move on to "stronger stuff" at that point -- but better stuff -- and you're probably best off not going to get a prescription for it... #1, if there was a working prescription, everyone on this forum would know about it, and #2, if it did clear up, you'd be stuck taking meds indefinitely that screw up other parts of your system (i.e. lose the kp, gain stomach cramps and diarrhea... woohoo).

The extra virgin coconut oil recommendation in this thread is a good one... especially compared to Vaseline. Vaseline is also known as "petroleum jelly", right? Know what's in petroleum? Here's the def:

"A thick, flammable, yellow-to-black mixture of gaseous, liquid, and solid hydrocarbons that occurs naturally beneath the earth's surface, can be separated into fractions including natural gas, gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, fuel and lubricating oils, paraffin wax, and asphalt and is used as raw material for a wide variety of derivative products."

Mmmm. Sounds healthy.

If you're willing to brave a greasy, oily product, better to make it a natural, healthy oil instead of a poisonous jelly.

BTW, along with coconut oil, EV olive oil also does a lovely job smoothing and moisturizing.

RR