Re: Am I deficient in something?
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:02 am
could also be a lack of zinc
The urban guide to becoming self sufficient'ish
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KP is hereditary, it does get worse when you're more hormonal. Like I said, I had to take quite a bit of Omega-3 to get rid of mine as it's quite severe. I've read various dietary treatments that have worked for different people so I do tend to think of it acting up when there's a deficiency or allergy present.Don't go with for scrubbing to try and get rid, that can leave discoloured skinfifi folle wrote: I've not heard of a link between keratosis pilaris and vit a/omega 3, I'd been putting mine down to hormones. It developed in my teens, calmed down for years then it came back with a vengence when pregnant with my son, stayed during BFing and am now pregnant again. My arms look awful! Sunshine used to help but we've not had much of that here this year!!!