[bbyBoss]

So yeah I am asking this now because I do. They are kinda bumpy, but barely noticeable unless you go up close. I google'd something about it, and it turns out they are called keratosis pilaris. It's sorta like a skin problem, except it's harmless and it's VERYY common among people especially girls. The bad part is that..there is actually no cure for it Medical ones anyways. So depending on your case, a little soft scrubbing is all you need if it's not severe.

Apparently it's due to clogged pores or something? Where your body produces excess/too much of this one chemical in your body and those little "chicken skin" dots forms.

Also it's important that you don't scrub too hard because apparently, it irritates them even MORE and your pores will clog even MORE and it will take another month or two for it to settle down the increase of the excess chemical your body is producing o_o

I learned that much from googling. I am jsut curious cuz I personally don't see it on a lot of people but when I ask some of my friends they tell me they have it too.


So does anyone have this? If you do, where do you have them?

I have them on my upper arm, a little on my buttocks, and my thighs ><

[iS2_you]

NOOi have chicken skin =[
its only a few bumps
i thought they were like white heads or osmething o.o
GAH GO AWYA CHICKEN SKIN!!!
i have then liek a few between my elbow and shoulder

[thepianist]

aww man if u scrub hard it will become worse? o_o

[x_Pres_Kitten_x]

I thought I was the only person who got this
I have it under my arms. The elbowy area!
I just put aloe vera on it to soothe it.
I also kinda get it on my thighs when I'm cold.
Strange ¬ _ ¬

[Meenuh]

I have it on my arms and I had some on my thighs but they are slowly going away. My dad had them on his arms when he was younger and he said they went away as he got older. They're not as bad as they were in high school and maybe my dad was right cause it seems to slowly be going away.

[KTZ811]

Same here
Located in my upper arms near my shoulder area. But it never really bothered me, I thought I was just born with it? lol. I get pretty tanned/dark easily so I try to stay away from the sun but, it's inevitable :[

[bbyBoss]

Yup. This problem is genetics. That's the only way you get it. It does go away with age, the question is just, when u_u

& yes, depending on your case, scrubbing it DOES make it worse But if it doesn't irritate it, then you can keep gently scrubbing. If it does, you should stop.

[-Rose-]

Yeah, I have it. Just on my upper arms though. It seems to be more common in Asians. While there is no cure to it, the regimen that I use which works pretty well is just to exfoliate once every 2 days using exfoliating gloves and then apply this lotion called Amlactin. It has alpha-hydroxy acids which is really good for smoothing your skin. While it's not completely gone, my arms do feel a lot smoother now. I would recommend it! My roommate who is an aspiring dermatologist told me about it haha.

[JennLee]

ewwww, i've chicken skin on my upper arm

not a lot though, but still !!

oh my, if only if you can scrub it away . .

[lokkita]

I used to have that a few fears ago. Luckily it's all gone now... except for a few little bumps. Moisturizer with oatmeal in it helped a lot!

[xsaranghae<3]

i have this jsut a few bumps on my arms i want it GONE ARG lkagjladgj

[screamxlove]

I have it particularly on my thighs, I think... ;_;

alsjalsdaj; boooooooo.

[melonLi]

i have it and it's noticable. it's like red brown spots all over the back of ya arm. i have it on my face too, but its' not as bad. it used to be on my thighs aswell, but somehow it went? lol idk.
iwimini cooperallgoaway. loool.

[xiam9]

There's about 100 threads of this topic here on soompi already. lol
I also have this on my inner arm.
What I do is I scrub them everynight and put baby oil afterward, preferably one with alovera.
It won't give you an instantaneous effect, and I won't guarantee that it will get rid of everything
since we all have different types of skin. But it definitely works for me.
Just do this every night and after a month or so, you'll notice that your skin will start to smoothen out.
Bad news is, you have to do this for the rest of your life, otherwise it will come back like it did on my arms.
Now I'm back to this routine, about 3 weeks, and my arms are already starting to soften up again.

[ichigo_no_powder]

i do! it used to be worse but then i scrubbed it a few times and it got better. i haven't done it in years though and while the skin is relatively smooth you can still see bumps. i have them on both my arms and thighs

[hannieoon]

Oooo thanks for the info! I have them and was wondering what the hell it was. It's all bumpy and weird. And it's common too! But there's no cure..... D:

[xxmaine]

I also have this in my upper arm and thighs.
And I read somewhere if you scrub that part and put bio oil on it after shower, it will go away.
But it takes time. And the results are much better.

[s0y0un*]

i have some on my arms and a few on my thighs!
its worse in the summer too ><
i bought this expensive product for it but now it only makes it worse!
i hope it will go away when i get older cuz its embarassing to wear short sleeves kinda..

[LycheeLa]

I have it on my upper arms

it's not that bad though!

[thehappening]

I think scrubbing them would be a bad idea, putting cortisone cream on occasionally before bed seems to really make them go away for me.