Do you have Keratosis Pilaris on your upper arms? Do you live in the Chicago area?

Rush University Medical Center, Department of Dermatology, is conducting an IRB-approved clinical trial on keratosis pilaris. It is the first of its kind, a three-arm clinical trial on three topical prescription creams commonly used in dermatology to treat keratosis pilaris.

The duration of the study is three months and requires 3, very brief, clinical evaluations. Study subjects will...

mpalm

Anti-inflammatories, antidepressants, birth-control pills - theres a bundle of meds that can cause some nutritional deficiencies.

For more info, go to U of Maryland's Med School Complementary Med Database:

http://www.umm.edu/altmed/

Click on "Depletions" then you can click on the type of med and see what is possible.

For example Birth Control Pills can cause depletions of:
Magnesium

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine)...

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kristina

"...results indicate that Spirulina can modulate the Th profile in patients with allergic rhinitis by suppressing the differentiation of Th2 cells mediated, in part, by inhibiting the production of IL-4. To our knowledge, this is the first human feeding study that demonstrates the protective effects of Spirulina towards allergic rhinitis."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...&dopt=Citation

Note: this is...

bunnyday

Well I'm new to this website but I'm finding all the help and support great. I never realised so many people had the same skin condition as me...

I'm 15 years old, Irish, and have had KP most of my life...I have KPRF quite bad on my face and a touch of UO.

I've been through all those comments from "Why do you look like a tomato?" to "Why did you shave off half your eyebrows?" but I've found that most people once they know me forget about it.
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