Hi! My children, 11 and 8, were just diagnosed with KP and I was given a body wash and 6% salicylic acid lotion for them to use. I was just wondering if anyone knows if certain vitamins or supplements might be helpful in treating KP - something like fish oil or flaxseed oil? Any info would be helpful.

yes, do the flaxseed oil and cod liver oil thing and add beta carotene to it ( i believe from my research and experience that vita a regulates the body's keratin production) it has helped me a lot..thank God. Start them out on a low dose ...maybe even don't start with vitamins but if you can get them to like carrot juice....give them a glass a day and be consistent....start with like half a glass and ease into it so the body adjusts,,,carrot juice is all beta carotene. Beta carotene is a type of vita a (the long-term safer kind).


good luck...please let me know!

Thank you both for your input! I went out and bought some carrot juice, so I guess we'll start there. Not sure how the fish oil thing will work out because I don't think my kids can swallow the capsules but I wasn't aware that there was a liquid form. I was thinking along the lines of flaxseed oil or fish oil - not cod liver oil but thank you for the information regarding it anyway. l It's good to know. I will look for the liquid next time and see how that works too. Hopefully, a combination of everything will work!