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Re: hair follicle problem
From: Ann (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 3 Nov 2001 09:33:36 -0600 (CST)
Jodi,
It does sound like it might be the same thing. Often my bumps will be
smooth but sometimes they are spiky too. I'll give the scrub a try. I
live in New Mexico and so lotion really is a must. -Ann
At Fri, 2 Nov 2001, jodi wrote:
>
>It sounds like keratosis pilaris (sp) which I have had since I was a
>little kid. I wonder if it is indeed related to PCOS/IR... my brother
>has it on his upper arms and well, he has the same father as me and I
>just KNOW my problems came from my dad's side of the family... (lots of
>overweight, baldness, baby-making-problems...)... My mother took me to
>countless skin doctors when I was young for a cure. They all prescribed
>expensive hydroxy lotions... none of which seemed to work, all of which
>I got tired of applying...
>
>Are they bumps hard and sort of spiky/spiny at times? That's sort of
>what KP is like... I think what happens is your body overproduces
>keratin and it gets clogged/backed up in the hair follicles... I wonder
>if people with this are people who tend to have coarser body hair?
>keratin is what makes hair strong, I believe...
>
>I can tell you what I have found to help a LOT with this, and it's all
>OTC stuff so whether it's KP or not it won't hurt to try!
>
>The first thing I found to help was this scrub made by Freeman which
>seems to be a pretty well known brand... It's usually easier to find
>stuff at drug stores or huge chain stores (walmart, target) than grocery
>stores. It is called raspberry almond scrub, I believe... this worked
>REALLY well. It was very scrubby but not irritating, like apricot
>scrubs always seem to be...
>
>The method I use now is just to use those scrubby gloves you can use in
>the shower instead of a washcloth. I got a pair of these at Walmart the
>first time. Not all gloves are equal - I later bough a new pair
>somewhere else and they weren't scrubby enough, they didn't work! Just
>use these with your regular soap...
>
>Afterwords apply a good lotion. One of my faves is Jergens skin
>smoothing lotion, the opne with the beta and alpha hyrdroxies... I have
>also uses palmer's cocoa butter lotion and I forget what all else.
>
>The only problem with the glove method is it seems to work great on my
>arms but not do much on my thighs. I can't remember if the raspberry
>scrub worked on my thighs... the problem is worse there, there might be
>nothing to fix it. :-(
>
>- jodi
>
>ps - my brother will not listen to my advice about how to get rid of
>this. I think he thinks it's too girly. :-)
>
>At Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Danielle wrote:
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>>I have the same problem. I wonder if it is related to PCOS?
>>~Danielle
>>
>>At Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Ann wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi all,
>>>I have a question. All over my thighs and upper arms my hair follicles
>>>become infected or something. A little bump will form at the hair
>>>follicle and be filled like a little zit. Sometimes this seems to
>>>inhibit hair growth from the follicle sometimes it doesn't. I've heard
>>>the term folliculites but I don't know if that applies here or not. Any
>>>one else have this or know anything about it? I'd appreciate any
>>>information.
>>> -Ann
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