I was told the bumps on my arms were keratosis pilaris?!
Question:
I was told the bumps on my arms were keratosis pilaris?
or something like that... I was wondering how you treat it. I was told it was from the sun and to use sunscreen.
Answers:
Solar keratosis? Are they just bumps or have they started to bleed yet? They do eventually develop into sores that won't heal. And untreated there is a slight chance of developing squamous skin cancer from them.
They can be lasered off, frozen off, cut off, etc. There is a prescription cream called effudex (SP?) or something like that for these too. I don't know if it is still on the market. I believe it is a chemo-type drug just in cream form. I used it about 8 years ago and my "sores" never returned. I do have small white dots where they were though. I am a very fair- skinned blond/blue eyes, so I had 100+ of the small sores.
If I were in your shoes, I would go to a dermatologist to be treated. Just using sunscreen will prevent a few more from forming, but why take a risk of skin cancer with the ones you have? Get them taken off either by treatment or procedure.