Hello everyone. I've had KP all my life. I didn't bother to look it up until about 6 weeks ago when I saw it creeping down my forearm. I was so used to it on my upper arms that I'd spent most of my adult life ignoring it. But at least I had smooth forearms.

So now I'm trying to solve this problem but am worried. During both of my pregnancies (last baby born this past September) I developed excezma for the first time on my legs. I'd get too hot and it would flare up.

THEN I got a spot of excema on my upper arm yesterday. I thought it was itchy KP and then it dried like excema and I was like "what the--?"

I am just wondering why my skin is freaking out and getting worse even with 2 months worth of body scrub, Neutrogena Multi-Vitamin treatment, loofahs, (infrequent) 1% hydrocortizone, sun exposure, & alpha-hydroxy smoothing lotions.

Any advice. I'm really at a loss and a little worried to be honest.
Thanks!
ACE

Proud Mommy in Virginia

Just a thought. I don't know what kind of lotions and potions you are using but most non-salon product have nasty ingredients like petro-chemical derivitives which could be irritating your skin and causing flare-ups of eczema. Even if the label says it's for sensitive skin or made for babies it can still be full of awful ingredients.

Another thing...also look at any dietry changes you may have made.