My little guy is almost 21 months and has had the bumps most of the summer. I finally called the doctor and they said that it was probably KP. It is not red and doesn't bother him. Like someone else said, they weren't very helpful. My question is this - is this something that some kids grow out of? My younger sister had it when she was a baby and sometimes still gets the bumps, but not very often and they just go away on their own. Thanks!

I've spent 23 of my 37 years with KP and never knew until last Wednesday what it was that caused my "bumpy arms."

The term bumpy arms was coined by my daughter about 2 years ago when she told her dad she had bumpy arms like mama. (She was almost 4 then, she'll be six next month.)

I developed what I now know to be KP when I was about 13 or 14, or at least I don't remember every having it before then. My daughter has had it to a very small degree and doesn't have the redness, since she was about 6months to a year.

Last week she had a doctor's appointment for some other issues and while there I asked about her "bumpy arms" - low and behold I finally heard about KP. I've been doing some research over the past few days and ultimately it looks like there are no fixes. Her doctor said the condition could lessen or worsen as she gets older - no certainties.

So now we joke about our "bumpy arms" together and she blames me for her bumps. Ugh! I've hated having the bumps and redness but just accept it as part of me and am trying to get my little girl to do the same.

We'll see how her KP materializes but again, according to her doctor it's up in the air as to whether or not they'll diminish or increase.

hye..im nue...
im also had bumpy KP...its already exists since i was kid..(3-4 years old..) but now its still exists till the end of my life...(i guess).now im 26 n a nue mom.i've a nue born baby...i hope my son didn't get it!!!...but who knows thats from God.. i accept...

for the beginning i refused n shamed to have friends....shamed when my friends knew that i had frog skin...ueeww..but now..life goes on...my hubby can n should accept that..i live happily till now..but if there..outthere have some solution to remove or dissappear its...plzzzz tell me..tq

I've found out more information about this condition, which in the grand scheme of things in life is really small, within the last 24-48 hours than I ever knew about it the entire time I've had it.

There are so many posts on here about creams that others with KP have tried, differnet products, brands, etc., some with success and some without. I think if you read some of the other threads you'll see so many differnet stories of people with KP who have found diffent products that help.

I was really never bothered by the bumps. It's gotten better/worse over the years. Right now my right arm is better than my left (strange...) and the bumps I used to have on my thighs in my late teens and early 20s have been gone for years. I just never thought too much about it - figured I just had some bad skin and if someone didn't like it, well too bad.

I didn't notice any bumps on Bella (my daughter) till she was about 4 and her KP at least at this point in her life is really minimal - just a few spots on the back of each arm, occasionally a bump or two around the nose and that's it. So I'm hoping it remains a mild case but we'll see. My arms also get the redness which sometimes looks unpleasant but that comes and goes.

I noticed my KP when I was in about the 7th grade. Over the years they kind of got better, but returned after I got pregnant with my first child. It stayed bad even after I had him. And then when I got pregnant with my little girl, I had it all over my back really bad, but after having her it went away.

It is seems so weird to me how some small children have it, yet some don't get it until their teens, and then others don't get it until pregnancy when hormones are flaring up.

My KP has almost gone with time - mind you it took until my 30's to see it go so don't give up hope of it getting better on its own. My two children both have it on their arms and a bit on the face but it doesn't really bother me as I know there are a lot worse things to have than KP. One of them has got a congenital heart condition - when you look at kp bumps in the scheme of things that children can be born with it it is really not that big - plus up to half the population have KP so it is not that 'unusual'.

Anne -
I'm sorry to hear about your son. As parents we are always so protective of our children. My daughter and I had a very bad delivery and as a result she had some health issues that with physical therapy have completely resolved themselves.

She was recently diagnosed with Scoliosis, and as crazy as this sounds we were thrilled when we got the news simply because the other things they were testing her for recently was the possibility of a mass on her spine as another cause for spinal asymmetry. Hearing that it turned out to be Scoliosis, and a mild case, was such good news.

You are so right on when you say that KP is the least of our worries with our children. And I never knew so many people have it, that it's so common. God bless you and your son - I hope that you both have nothing but goodness in life!

Mys sister and myself have both had KP since we were born but my sisters disappeared in her 20s but I still have mine (I'm 30). I don't think mine will be going by itself. Trying to think of the differences between my sister and myself which would mean that hers would go and mine wouldn't - I'm taller, slightly bigger build and darker hair than her. I'm probably a bit hairier too! I don't think there's any way to know if your kid has the type which will fade or not - only time will tell I'm afraid!

Ha! I'm taller, bigger built, slightly hairier, and darker (both skin and hair, but not eyes) than my sister (who's 26) and I've got it and she doesn't! I'm 31 (in a month) and never had it until I was about 26~27. She got hers in puberty and hers went away in her early 20's. Reading your last post made me think, "What the heck?!!" because it's so similar to our story!

I've been suffering from an extreme case of KP my entire life - it hurts me to wash and I'm full of scars. My KP appeared when I was a toddler and worsened from that point - I'm now 29 and I still have to wear long-sleeved shirts all summer. My mother said I had very dry skin as a baby and I found my daughter the same way - I don't know the science behind it, but maybe this should have been my indicator that my daughter would inherit my KP as well - she never had baby-soft skin. She is now 12 and it has worsened dramatically on her arms and cheeks (face cheeks within the past 2 years ( I first noticed KP developing on her at about age 7/8). I also have a 2-year old son but no signs of it yet... so NO, I don't believe that "growing out of it" is something to be expected, even thought that's what I was told by dermatologists for years (even after 2 skin biopsies). I had a lifetime of trouble with KP - I was repeatedly suspended in junior high for not wearing the proper gym clothing and I was teased constantly. On a good note, kids seem to be much more accepting of my daughter's KP than they were of mine back then!

That is so sad. My son developed his KP at about 6 months. He is now alomost 17 months and still has it. Some days it looks worse than others. I just hate it that it is on his little face. He has it all over his arms, legs, and cheeks. Bless his heart. I wish there was something more I could do. I just pray that the Lord will heal him.

Both of you should try Arbonne's ABC hair and body wash on your children. It healed up my daughter wonderfully! Janae has also had good results on her daughter. It's really good stuff! They also make ABC bath oil, lotion, sunscreen, and diaper rash cream. Unfortunately, most people do not grow out of it, so we have to be proactive and seek out our own cures.

i was told when my little boy was diagnosed that he would probably grow out of it. i myself got my kp in my late teens and still have it now although recently have been using shea body butter from body shop on my upper arms and they do seem smoother.