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For years I have had little bumps on my forearms. Not painful, not rashy. About the size of little zits, but not red at all. Just flesh colored. My bet is that they are hair follicles, but... they never go away or get smaller. Anyone have any ideas as to what they are and how to get rid of them?

I understand exactly what you are going through.. I went to the doctors and the told me it rean in my family but that's just not true I have tried a special lotion and it seems to work good.. it's called urea cream 40% urea.
Maybe that might work 4 you.

It sounds like it could be keratosis pilaris. I just found out that I have this, here's a site with information about what it is http://www.helpforkp.com/

HTH!

I've tried every thing out there and nothing worked until I tried this. If you've done your home work on keratosis pilaris then you know it has to do with clogged pores in the skin. Ok well you grab the vacuum cleaner and start sucking. Just kidding! First you have to stop the new ones from coming and get rid of the old ones that have been around awhile. Well enough take and here it is. Go to cvs and pick up neutrogena multi-vitamin acne treatment and clean and clear persa-gel 10 and pine tar soap, dove nutrium, or something that has salicylic acid in it and a loafa sponge. Get in the shower and use the loafa and your soap and scrub area well(this will remove dead skin). Dry off and now apply neutrogena and then persa-gel 10. I do it once a day but more is always better. So twice a day would be fine . The scrubbing in the shower takes place once or twice a week and the application of the medcations are every day once of twice a day. Now I had severe bumps that were progressively getting worse as the years went by but within two days of this treatment I noticed a huge difference. Give it a good month but never stop treatment. Even though you think you've won you have'nt. This is a skin disorder and must be delt with every day to have the upper hand on it. The scaring that may be left from the old bumps that you picked at may take a while to vanish but this should work for now. ;)

Hello

*melanie* and KRYPTO! Thanks for the input my daughters' both have the same thing going on and the doc told me it's just from them picking at their arms. Now how the heck could that be it ? I mean they don't sit around all day squeezing their upper arms to get the hair folicles out... duh.

It is actually something that is hereditary. It is an excess of keratin buildup in the skin. There are ways you can treat it. Try using liquid exfoliants (apple cider vinegar or lemon juice), then applying a lotion with lactic acid in it. Do not use body scrubs on these areas, as they aggravate the condition.

I used to have these - prostatitis too, until I started taking 300 mg Selenium, 300 mg Multivitamins, 1000 mg of Omega 3 Daily. I also reduced my iron and salt intake (watch out for tap water full of Fl and Cl ).

Three years on and (apart from just a few of the bigger ones which are shrinking) both problems have disappeared.

JC

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