| Keratosis Pilaris (KP) is very common and about | | | | your skin. This will also help to improve the skin |
| 40% of the population suffers from this inherited | | | | bumps feel to the touch. |
| condition. While most people aren’t aware of | | | | Sugar Scrub: Take some regular sugar with some |
| this skin condition and categorize it as “chicken | | | | drops of olive oil or water and use it to exfoliate |
| skin” or “goose bumps”, others are | | | | your skin. This will help to gently remove dead |
| truly bothered by KP. | | | | skin cells to improve texture. |
| For those who are bothered by the condition and | | | | Natural Treatments |
| seek skin relief and treatment to smooth those | | | | If you rather use a treatment to control the |
| skin bumps, there are several treatments and | | | | condition, we can highly recommend products that |
| home remedies that can be of great help. | | | | contain a natural form of salicylic acid. If |
| Dryness and the sand-paper-feel to the touch | | | | you’ve heard that salicylic acid have a bad |
| seem to be main concerns when dealing with this | | | | rep, it’s because they are talking about the |
| common condition. | | | | synthetic form. Natural, like salicylic acid from the |
| Home Remedies | | | | willow bark, is gentler on sensitive skin types and |
| It’s always good to implement some skin | | | | it’s therefore a lot better than the chemical |
| care routines that can help to alleviate the | | | | variations. |
| symptoms. These are just a few known home | | | | Another ingredient that seem a bit strange to |
| remedies that are inexpensive yet effective for | | | | most people is snail secretion from the common |
| KP: | | | | garden snail. Believe it or not, this ingredient is |
| Olive Oil: If you don’t mind smelling like a | | | | found in many skin care creams to trigger skin |
| Greek salad every once and a while, try using a | | | | renewal. This ingredient has the ability to |
| bit of olive oil on the areas you want to treat. | | | | penetrate the skin and deal with the problem |
| Keratosis pilaris is categorized as a dry skin | | | | from its root, which is what you want to look for |
| condition, so providing any extra moisture will help | | | | to control Keratosis Pilaris. |