subject: Living With KP - Keratosis Pilaris Treatments [print this page] Do you have white spots or red rashes that are often rough present on your skin? If you do have it then you probably have Keratosis Pilaris. A skin condition that affects babies, teenagers and adults but this condition sometimes cannot be noticed in some people who have this. This is nothing serious though, sometimes it can just disappear with no intervention at all. There are many available keratosis pilaris treatments.
What are these treatments and how can one make use of it? There are a lot of skin treatments, skin recipes and products that one can make use of. There are also surgical treatments which one can make use of.
Here are the following treatments. 1) Prevent dryness with the use of skin lotions, moisturizers, mild soaps and other lubrication that are easy to apply on the skin. 2) Steroid creams like Cloderm can be applied on the affected areas of the skin. 3) Vitamin A supplement as well as Vitamin D. 4) constant scrubbing and exfoliating can also be good. 5) Sun exposure can also help, do it at least 15- 30 minutes a day. Some even resort to tanning.
There are also surgical procedures involved in case the above mentioned solutions will not work out. These include acne extractions, chemical peels and microdermabrasions. Although these surgeries may be simple but they are also expensive. So, one must choose very well if to stay put on natural measures rather than surgical options. The most common procedure is microdermabrasion. In this procedure an abrasive particle like diamond tips are used to rubbed the skin. It aims to get rid of the excess keratin as well as the outer layer of the epidermis.
Whatever Keratosis Pilaris treatments are used, as long as it works for you it does not matter. So try these tips now and get rid of your Keratosis Pilaris now.
