5 YR OLD CHILD WITH KP

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Originally posted by LAURA MILLER

MY DAUGHTER IS 5 YRS OLD, INDIAN, WHITE AND AFRICAN AMERICAN. SHE HAS ALWAYS HAD RASHES ON HER FACE, SOMTIMES THEY WOULD CLEAR UP, OTHERS REALLY BAD. SHE'D GET TINY BUMPS, SOME LOOKED LIKE PIMPLES, SOME WITH PUS, SOME RED. I TOOK HER TO DR'S ALL THE TIME, THEY DIDN'T KNOW. I FINALLY TOOK HER TO A DERMATOLOGIST YESTERDAY AND HE SAID SHE HAS KP. FINALLY SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING, WHAT YOU DESCRIBE IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE HAS. SHE HAS IT ON THE BACK OF HER ARMS, BAD AND ON HER FACE. HER FACE SOMETIMES GETS BETTER, WITH ONLY A FEW BUMPS, OTHER TIMES THEY ARE RED, INFLAMMED AND PUS FILLED. I DID THINK THEY WERE PIMPLES BEFORE, I PICKED. I KNOW THATS SO BAD, SHE HAS NO SCARS. THE DR SAID THIS WOULD GO AWAY AROUND PUBERTY TIME OR DEFINITELY BY ADULTHOOD. FROM ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS HERE, I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS NOT TRUE, SINCE YOU ARE ALL ADULTS WITH IT. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT I CAN DO FOR HER FACE. SHE HAS VERY SENSITIVE SKIN. ITS NOT RED, YOU DON'T NOTICE THEM MUCH UNTIL YOU GET CLOSER, ONLY ONE OR TWO OF THEM MIGHT GET RED AND LOOK LIKE A PIMPLE. HER DR PRESCRIBED LAC-HYDRIN, NEVER HEARD OF IT. PLEASE HELP, I AM JUST WORRIED HOW THIS WILL AFFECT HER IN SCHOOL.