Keratosis Pilaris (chicken skin!)

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As a child, I'll never forget when my teenage cousin insisted to her

parents that her " chicken skin " , those little bumps/rough area of skin

usually on the back of the triceps, be surgically removed. It was

just too much to handle for an up-and-coming teenage girl about to

enter the look-good-or-else culture that comes with high school

(especially in the 80's).

As a young male, I couldn't have cared less about this so-called

chicken skin, which I have learned has a more formal name, Keratosis

Pilaris, and supposedly appears on about 50% of adults worldwide. If

anything, I probably found it somewhat " cool " back in the day.

Anyway, while chelating, my chicken skin has gotten worse. It's

increased to the point that there are little poppable pimples in on

the back of my triceps.

Has anyone else noticed an increase in severity of " chicken skin "

while chelating? This worsening may not be related to chelation,

mercury, or toxic metals whatsoever. But I've read that chelation can

cause some mercury excretion through the skin, which can lead to

rashes. Maybe that's what's happening with my chicken skin.

I was also told last summer by a guy who runs a supplement company

that chicken skin relates somehow to B-vitamin intake and transport.

Can't remember the exact connection, though.

Anyone have any insights?

By the way, to my knowledge, my cousin never had the chicken skin

removed as a teen. That said, she's certainly had some other work

done since then (I'll leave it at that) so who knows -- the chicken

skin's probably gone now too!

Thanks,

Darren

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My dd has that. I have read many people getting rid of it when on the

gluten free/ casein free diet. We were on that for 6 months and it

didn't get any better. Then we had her food sensitivities tested and

she has now been off those foods for about 3 weeks. Her bumps have

improved dramatically and I think they'll be totally gone soon. Her

food sensitivities are being cause by yeast overgrowth. Perhaps the

chelation is off setting your gut flora a bit and creating food

sensitivites = keratosis pilaris. I'm having amazing results with the

Garden of Life " primal defense ultra " probiotics, which contain soil

bacteria. The soil bacteria seems to be a very key strain, because

it's killing the yeast like crazy. I've taken many high quality

probiotics in the past and have never had this kind of result.

[Guest guest]

Hi Darren,

I believe this is a Vitamin A deficiency. It is for me anyway.

Jen

>

> As a child, I'll never forget when my teenage cousin insisted to her

> parents that her " chicken skin " , those little bumps/rough area of

skin

> usually on the back of the triceps, be surgically removed. It was

> just too much to handle for an up-and-coming teenage girl about to

> enter the look-good-or-else culture that comes with high school

> (especially in the 80's).

>

> As a young male, I couldn't have cared less about this so-called

> chicken skin, which I have learned has a more formal name, Keratosis

> Pilaris, and supposedly appears on about 50% of adults worldwide.

If

> anything, I probably found it somewhat " cool " back in the day.

>

> Anyway, while chelating, my chicken skin has gotten worse. It's

> increased to the point that there are little poppable pimples in on

> the back of my triceps.

>

> Has anyone else noticed an increase in severity of " chicken skin "

> while chelating? This worsening may not be related to chelation,

> mercury, or toxic metals whatsoever. But I've read that chelation

can

> cause some mercury excretion through the skin, which can lead to

> rashes. Maybe that's what's happening with my chicken skin.

>

> I was also told last summer by a guy who runs a supplement company

> that chicken skin relates somehow to B-vitamin intake and

transport.

> Can't remember the exact connection, though.

>

> Anyone have any insights?

>

> By the way, to my knowledge, my cousin never had the chicken skin

> removed as a teen. That said, she's certainly had some other work

> done since then (I'll leave it at that) so who knows -- the chicken

> skin's probably gone now too!

>

> Thanks,

> Darren

>