I landed on this site while surfing the net and was amazed that such a site even existed. I didnt even know the condition I had was called Keratosis Pilaris. I spent hours just reading through some of these threads on here and found a lot of things I never knew before about KP and some of the methods used to treat it. I just never addressed it and went on about my life.

I've suffered from KP for as long as I can remember and now at the age of 21, it seems to be getting worse. My KP seems to be on the severe side, but its only on parts of my body that can be covered up by clothing. Growing up with this disease is a nightmare. I remember when I was still in fourth grade, I took my dad's razor and foolishly thought I could shave off the bumps on my legs. Sadly, all I ended up doing was cutting myself up. Thanks to KP, my social life was a joke. I find myself to be a good looking guy and have dated numerous attractive ladies, but I could never go pass the holding hands and kissing part. It's always them asking me out and it has always been them dumping me because the relationships never go anywhere. It's not like I dont want to, but the thought of them gazing upon my skin and freaking out or worse, I dont ever want to experience that pain. Im the second oldest of seven siblings and everyone one of them has KP except for my older brother. It hurts me to see them going through the same **** I had to deal with, I especially feel for my younger sisters. The oldest at 18 just got engaged and her fiance is the biggest loser ever. My sister is smart and beautiful while my future brother-in-law, good looking he may be is the laziest guy ever. She got accepted to the college of her choice but she couldnt attend because she's the only one working to pay for their food and rent while he goes fishing with his buddies all the time. I know for a fact that she only accepted him because she's afraid she wont be able to find anyone else who will accept her because of her 'condition'. I know how she feels but she's setting a bad example for my two younger sisters who are now dating also and I always emphasize to them that there's someone out there, dont settle for just anyone!

If I could trade my life in return for a chance that my siblings could go through life like a normal person, I'd do it in a flash. At 21 years, Im a college dropout who is currently doing nothing with his life. I only wanted to go to college so I could be with my friends and party hard, but too many times, I had to restrain myself from drinking too much and passing out. Situations where I would get too comfortable with a girl and the clothes might start coming off or where my so called friends would start marking me with markers on my body as a joke have happened before so I never go all out anymore and now constantly watch how much alcohol I take in. College life wasnt meant to be that boring so why even bother to continue. Anyway, sorry for the scribbles, but life with KP is just sad really.