Ask Dr. Pimple Popper | Keratosis Pilaris aka 'Chicken Skin' 

I'm so happy this is getting more recognition.

I had ketosis pilaris caused by ingrown hairs on my arms and legs. It was cured when I had the hair on my legs and arms permanently removed by laser hair removal. Since there is no longer any hair on my arms and legs, the hair cannot get trapped under the skin. It's also a huge time saver since I no longer have to shave.

My daughter has this! Puberty hit and BAM! Her cheeks,legs, and arms are so bad 😟 so glad I know what it is and how to treat it. Thank you!!!

Should you use your products for KP everyday?

Dr Lee can you recommend something for np?

Is it still KP if you ARE able to squeeze the bumps? They contain a waxy white plug, but not sebum or pus. Sometimes there is so much pressure on them they literally audibly pop! It used to be confined to my upper arms but has crept down my forearms. I hate it! (But love that you’re addressing the condition; thanks!)

is SA better than GA for this? i never know which acid to get for it.

My daughter has it but she's 19 months old. Is there something I can use for her especially around her age?

Oh dang this explains why I cannot for the life of me remove body hair without getting mad razor burn no matter how careful I am, and why it seems my leg hair is about 35% ingrown all the time.

I’ve had this my entire life. I struggled with over-picking and damaging my skin growing up when I didn’t know what it was or how to treat it. I’ve been using a micro-dermabrasion bar soap called Crystal Peel in the shower. It’s extremely rough at first but as long as you use it gently in circular motions (to eliminate scratching) it has been life-changing for my skin and confidence. I’m also able to extract keratin manually after showering if needed. My skin feels like it can breath again, no itchiness, super smooth and healthy feeling skin. I always lotion after the shower with an unscented lotion with clean ingredients to hydrate because I’m super dry year round. Hope this soap can help others like it did for me. It has a patent and it treats KP, eczema, dermatitis, ingrown hairs and folliculitis - I experience all of these skin conditions.

How long do the symptoms last? Will i gey clear skin again? Also how long can you shower with cold water because its been helping me uts just teh summer heat makes it worse

I'm curious how this impacts the skin on the face?

One thing that helps me a lot is to apply retinoic acid. I usually use it for my face care, but one day I tryed on other parts that has KP. Get much better feel!

My 9 month old has KP on her cheeks, arms and thighs. I just put lotion on it. At what age can we use GA lotion on a child?

Does any body know how to ask a question directly to Dr. Lee i have had a couple of spots on my face and would love to know how to treat them or what i should do about them they look like black heads but have been on my face for some years it is a hard lump under the skin but mashing them does no good just need to know what to do to make rid of them ps thanks in advance ps i am from alabama

Can u help me please about my skin as well Dr

I have on my arms , thighs, calves, knees, buttox, im able to extract a sebum, sometimes with pus. The best thing i could suggest is a good shampoo, a loofa or scrub and goce youself that extra time in the shower, use luke warm water not steamy, and then end with a cold shower to close the pore, it is KP and in certain areas we can also have a build up of dirt and oil. Hope this can help

Does laser hair removal help?

is therer other ways to get rid of this???

What if it is on the face? The lotion is for the body.

I have this I am sometimes self conscious but I don’t feel the need to remove it because I feel it’s kind of my special talent in some way

At last i have now discovered what this horrible condition is!! I now have it all over my thighs and bum. Only started appearing though in about the last 18m ish. Im wondering if it is peri menopause related?

I developed this on the back/outter side of my upper arms from being on escitalopram. I tend to pick at my skin when I feel any bumps so this sucks in the summer. In the winter, my arms are covered so I don't pick at them. Putting aloe on them seems to temporarily decrease the inflammation when I start picking.

Is it normal for an infant to have 100% full body KP with the hairs not being present within the bumps and dry skin has never been an issue?

Will it go away

Can you get it on you back?

I asked my doctor sbout this as a teen and no doctors ever knew what this was. Ive grown out of it i guess.... or maybe just better skin care routines as an adult

Shaving my arms helped a lot. But I still have them on my thighs like crazy. Idk if shaving has helped or made them worse on my legs though😞also I can definitely pop some of them. A lot of times a little white thing comes out with a tiny hair attached! I also notice if I pop one sometimes a hair pops out attached to the skin too. Idk if I have folliculitis and kp or what!!!!

Does anyone have waxy itchy bumps on their scalp? Tried dandruff shampoo, but it made my hair greasy. Washing my hair from once every 2 days to every day seemed to help.

I have this on my cheeks, back, up and down all over my arms, and thighs. I usually pop the big ones and when I do, a clear strand comes out and the feeling is immaculate! I'm just wondering why that is and also some are white little "pearls" that would also pop out when squeezed. What is this and what would be the effect if someone would to be eating such said things?

Can you can KP on your face specifically in the t-zone area? I have developed this upraised skin/pores (not blackheads/no pimples) which you can feel the difference compared to rest of my face, is only on both sides, right and left, of my nose (minimal upraised bumps on the actual side profile of my nose) and stops/doesn’t affect my undereye skin/undereye circles area. And it is even worse when I try to put make-up on - it only accentuates the raised bumps and makes it look like I am caking on layers of makeup when I put VERY minimal. Any ideas/feedback/suggestions are welcome and treated appreciated! Also - I have had KP on the back of my arms and have had it for years and doesn’t entirely look the same as the very specific areas of skin to the right and left sides of my nose/face.

Is it still KP if you can pop it? For the last 12 years or so I get this bigger bumps that my doctor told me were KP. A lot of times if I squeeze them these little clear or cloudy pearls kinda snap out. These aren't regular pimples, and over the years theyve spread from my upper arms to my forearms and if I dont pop them they build up really quickly, but years of popping them has left my skin scarred with a bunch of dark spots that Im really self concious about

I have rash on my legs please help me

Looking for a chemical peel for the KP on my buttocks with high levels of salicylic acid. Does anyone know some? Regular 1 or 2% doesn't seem to do the trick.

Mine was so bad I went on Accutane. It helped, but didn't eliminate it entirely.

My KP will actually itch sometimes which causes me to pick and then it itches even more and gets even more red. It’s so frustrating and annoying and makes me sad to see everyone else’s beautiful legs that are so clear and I have all these bumps. I didn’t even start getting this until I was in my 20s!!! 🤷🏼‍♀️😭

I have it and it's all over my arms and yes a mean both I'm only 11 I've had it since I was nine and also I squeezed one once and stuff started coming out

I have hEDS and I received a diagnosis of KP and it’s also around my eyes. Most products say to avoid the eye area. Would you know of a product to use on your face and eyes? I now have crepe skin around my eyes and I look like I’ve aged 20 years in the past year.

I’m 15 going on 16 and I I’ve had this for 3 years now..I’m absolutely sick of it and need it gone, I don’t know what to do. I have it all over my chest, upper arms and checks. It also seems to be creeping down my back and it’s spreading fast. I need help…everything I use makes it worse. My checks are the worst affected…they are permanently bright red and I hate it..

I got it now at the age of 57 all over my face; so there is no age limit.

My gp told me I have this. But when in see pictures of kp and then I see my skin it doesn’t look the same. my skin also itches very much and sometimes hurts and those are not symptoms of this condition, they say here in the Netherlands

I have this on my legs. My mom said that I would outgrow it by the time I was 18 like her. It didn't happen until recently. I'm 50 now.

currently dealing with KP and a host of other skin issues simultaneously. Tinea versicolor, eczema, psoriasis, etc. The strangest thing though, my skin can feel painful sometimes. Like it feels like there are tiny shards of sand or needles that are interwoven deep in my skin. Some of this is ingrown hair, I know that much, but a lot of times i'll have thin whispy filaments fly out of my arms when I move them (which is most likely keratin), but I can't find much info on what is causing this to feel pretty painful for me. Moisturizing definitely helps, and not all of what I see come out of my skin is solid, but the way i'm describing it, I can't find anyone that relates. I also don't know if this is exactly related to a different, rarer fungal infection. It's scaring me though. I feel like I can physically feel my skin moving and spitting out this substance at random parts of my body. I'll feel it in my neck, my arms and legs, and even my feet. Using a fungal cream has helped with the Tinea Versicolor, but the shards of whatever are still there. It grows extremely fast too and causes discoloration

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